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Neoplastic and nonneoplastic benign mass lesions of the lung
1Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, 630 W. 168th St., VC14-215, New York, NY 10032, USA. ab748@columbia.edu
Abstract:
While most lung neoplasms are malignant, a subset of true neoplasms are benign, the most common of which are pulmonary hamartomas. In addition, a substantial proportion of lung mass lesions are nonneoplastic; granulomas are among the commonly encountered nonneoplastic masses. There is also a group of relatively rare, mainly inflammatory and fibrous tumor-like lesions that are encountered on core biopsy and excisions of lung tissue.
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