Diagnosis |
Number of cases |
I. Benign |
70 |
Granulomatous inflammation |
10 |
Organizing pneumonia |
10 |
Fungal infection |
3 |
Acid fast bacilli infection |
1 |
Amyloidoma |
1 |
Lung elastosis |
1 |
Nonspecific |
44 |
II. Malignant |
132 |
Squamous cell carcinoma |
25 |
Adenocarcinoma |
40 |
NSCLS with both adeno and squamous components |
10 |
NSCLS, favor adenocarcinoma |
7 |
NSCLS, favor squamous |
3 |
NSCLS, NOS |
2 |
Small cell carcinoma or neuroendocrine |
11 |
Metastatic carcinoma |
26 |
Metastatic melanoma |
2 |
Metastatic sarcoma |
2 |
Malignant spindle cell neoplasm |
1 |
Mesothelioma |
1 |
B-cell lymphoma |
1 |
Thymoma |
1 |
III. Atypical |
13 |
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