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Shabir Bhimji, MD, PhD,

eMedicine — Overview: In 1932, Pancoast defined a superior pulmonary sulcus tumor as a mass growing at the thoracic inlet that produces a constant and characteristic clinical presentation of pain in an eighth cervical or first and second thoracic trunk ...More…
Melanie Guerrero, MD,

eMedicine — Overview: Pancoast tumors are neoplasms of pulmonary origin located at the apical pleuropulmonary groove (superior ...More…
Lung, Metastases

eMedicine — Overview: {{mediatitle:358221_0}}{{media:358221_0}}{{mediacaption:358221_0}}{{mediatitle:358222_1}}{{media:358222_1}}{{mediacaption:358222_1}}{{mediatitle:358233_2}}{{media:358233_2}}{{mediacaption:358233_2}} Pulmonary metastases are common and ...More…
Solitary Pulmonary Nodule

eMedicine — Overview: A solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) is defined as a single discrete pulmonary opacity that is surrounded by normal lung tissue and is not associated with adenopathy or ...More…
Neoplasms, Lung

eMedicine — Overview: Bronchogenic carcinoma is the most common fatal cancer in the United States, accounting for 28% of all cancer deaths. It is one of the few cancers with a continually rising mortality rate. Smoking is the most ... Clinical Instructor, ...More…
Lung, Carcinoid

eMedicine — Overview: Bronchial carcinoid tumors are rare, accounting for up to 2.5% of all pulmonary neoplasms and for 12-15% of carcinoid tumors overall. They originate from the neurosecretory cells of bronchial mucosa and were previously classified as ...More…
Lung Cancer, Small Cell

eMedicine — Overview: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths both in males and females in the United States. The incidence of lung cancer is about 60 cases per 100,000 population, and small cell lung cancer (SCLC) ... Assistant Professor, ...More…
Lung Cancer, Non-Small Cell

eMedicine — Overview: Worldwide, bronchogenic carcinoma is the most common cause of cancer death in both men and women. In the US, approximately one third of cancer deaths occur as a consequence of lung cancer, and approximately 170,000 new ... Worldwide, ...More…
Sam Chun, MD,

eMedicine — Overview: Asbestos is the generic term used for the group of fibrous mineral silicates of magnesium and iron whose chemical and physical properties make it ideal for a variety of commercial and industrial uses. Asbestos is derived ... Staff ...More…
Basil Varkey, MD, FCCP,

eMedicine — Overview: Pulmonary fibrosis caused by asbestos inhalation is called asbestosis. The word asbestos is derived from Greek and means inextinguishable, and asbestos is a group of naturally occurring, heat-resistant fibrous silicates. Pneumoconiosis ...More…
Asbestos-Related Disease

eMedicine — Overview: {{mediatitle:353152_0}}{{media:353152_0}}{{mediacaption:353152_0}} {{mediatitle:353158_2}}{{media:353158_2}}{{mediacaption:353158_2}}Asbestos is a naturally occurring, fibrous silicate that was widely used in the past for commercial ...More…
Adenoma, Bronchial

eMedicine — Overview: Bronchial adenoma is a descriptive but misleading term for a diverse group of respiratory tract neoplasms that arise beneath the bronchial epithelium or in bronchial glands. They are characterized by a clinical course that is usually ...More…

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