lung neoplasm

Introduction

WHO classification of Pulmonary Neoplasms

Malignant epithelial tumors

• squamous cell carcinoma
  • papillary
  • clear cell
  • small cell
  • basaloid
• small cell carcinoma
  • combined small cell carcinoma
• adenocarcinoma
  • adenocarcinoma, mixed subtype
  • acinar adenocarcinoma
  • papillary adenocarcinoma
  • bronchioloalveolar carcinoma
    • nonmucinous
    • mucinous
    • mixed mucinous & nonmucinous or indeterminate
  • solid adenocarcinoma with mucin production
    • fetal adenocarcinoma
    • mucinous ("colloid") carcinoma
    • mucinous cystadenocarcinoma
    • signet ring adenocarcinoma
    • clear cell adenocarcinoma
• large cell carcinoma
  • large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma
    • combined large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma
  • basaloid carcinoma
  • lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma
  • clear cell carcinoma
  • large cell carcinoma with rhabdoid phenotype
• adenosquamous carcinoma
• sarcomatoid carcinoma
  • pleomorphic carcinoma
  • spindle cell carcinoma
  • giant cell carcinoma
  • carcinosarcoma
  • pulmonary blastoma
• carcinoid tumor
  • typical carcinoid
  • atypical carcinoid
• salivary gland tumors
  • adenoid cystic carcinoma
  • mucoepidermoid carcinoma
  • epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma
• pre-invasive lesions
  • squamous carcinoma in situ
  • atypical adenomatous hyperplasia
  • diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia
• mesenchymal tumors
  • epithelioid hemangioendothelioma
  • angiosarcoma
  • pleuropulmonary blastoma
  • chondroma
  • congenital peribronchial myofibroblastic tumor
  • diffuse pulmonary lymphangiomatosis
  • inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor
  • lymphangioleiomyomatosis
  • synovial sarcoma
    • monophasic
    • biphasic
  • pulmonary artery sarcoma
  • pulmonary vein sarcoma

Benign epithelial tumors

• papillomas
  • squamous cell papilloma
    • exophytic
    • inverted
  • glandular papilloma
  • mixed squamous cell and glandular papilloma
• adenomas
  • alveolar adenoma
  • papillary adenoma
  • adenomas of salivary gland type
    • mucous gland adenoma
    • pleomorphic adenoma
    • other
  • mucinous cystadenoma
• lymphoproliferative tumors
  • marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of MALT type
  • diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
  • lymphomatoid granulomatosis
  • Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Miscellaneous tumors

• hamartoma
• sclerosing hemangioma
• clear cell tumor
• germ cell tumor
  • teratoma, mature
  • teratoma, immature
  • other
• intrapulmonary thymoma
• melanoma

Metastatic tumors

More general terms

• lung disease
• respiratory tract neoplasm

More specific terms

• benign lung neoplasm
• bronchial carcinoid
• lung cancer
• pleural neoplasm