There are only a few causes of a hyperattenuating pulmonary mass which can be often due to internal calcification. They include:
- granuloma: most common
- pulmonary hamartoma
- bronchogenic carcinoma
- carcinoid tumors
-
pulmonary metastases
- mucoid calcification of mucinous adenocarcinoma
- breast carcinoma
- gastrointestinal tract adenocarcinoma
- dystrophic calcification
- papillary thyroid carcinoma
- giant cell tumor of bone
- synovial sarcoma
- treated pulmonary metastases
- bone forming / cartilage mineralization
- mucoid calcification of mucinous adenocarcinoma
See also
-
pulmonary mass
- hyperdense pulmonary mass
- cavitating pulmonary mass
- pulmonary nodule