Lung Neoplasm Definition
Lung Neoplasm: Tumors or cancer of the LUNG.
Synonym: pulmonary cancer, lung cancer, cancer of the lung, cancer of lung, pulmonary neoplasm.
Terms Related to Lung Neoplasm
Small Cell Lung Cancer
An anaplastic, highly malignant, and usually bronchogenic carcinoma composed of small ovoid cells with scanty neoplasm. It is characterized by a dominant, deeply basophilic nucleus, ...
Hyperlucent Lung
Hyperlucency of one lung with decreased size and vascularity of the lung. It is often associated with BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS and with adenovirus infection in childhood.
Lung Volume Reduction
The excision of lung tissue, especially of an entire lung. (Dorland, 28th ed)
Oat Cell Carcinoma
An anaplastic, highly malignant, and usually bronchogenic carcinoma composed of small ovoid cells with scanty neoplasm. It is characterized by a dominant, deeply basophilic nucleus, ...
Lung Lavage Fluid
Fluid obtained by washout of the alveolar compartment of the lung. It is used to assess biochemical and inflammatory changes in and effects of therapy ...
Bronchopulmonary Sequestration
A developmental anomaly in which a mass of nonfunctioning lung tissue lacks normal connection with the tracheobroncheal tree and receives an anomalous blood supply originating ...
Non Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
A heterogeneous aggregate of at least three distinct histological types of lung cancer, including squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, and large cell carcinoma. They are dealt ...
Pneumonectomy
The excision of lung tissue, especially of an entire lung. (Dorland, 28th ed)
Lewis Lung Carcinoma
A carcinoma discovered by Dr. Margaret R. Lewis of the Wistar Institute in 1951. This tumor originated spontaneously as a carcinoma of the lung of ...
MacLeod Syndrome
Hyperlucency of one lung with decreased size and vascularity of the lung. It is often associated with BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS and with adenovirus infection in childhood.