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- Lung cancer is a disease in which certain cells in the lungs become abnormal and multiply uncontrollably to form a tumor. Lung cancer may not cause signs ...
- Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) is characterized by the blockage (occlusion) of the blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich (oxygenated) blood from the lungs ...
- Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a progressive disorder characterized by abnormally high blood pressure (hypertension) in the pulmonary artery, the blood vessel ...
- Alveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of pulmonary veins (ACD/MPV) is a disorder affecting the development of the lungs and their blood vessels. The disorder ...
- Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is a disorder in which many tiny fragments (microliths) of a compound called calcium ... the small air sacs (alveoli) located throughout the lungs. These deposits eventually cause widespread damage to the ...
- Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic, progressive lung disease. This condition causes scar tissue (fibrosis) to build up in the lungs, which makes the lungs ...
- Hereditary fibrosing poikiloderma with tendon contractures, myopathy, and pulmonary fibrosis (abbreviated POIKTMP), is a disorder that affects ... parts of the body, particularly the skin, muscles, lungs, and pancreas. Signs and symptoms vary among affected ...
- Brain-lung-thyroid syndrome is a group of conditions that affect the brain, lungs, and thyroid gland (a butterfly-shaped gland in the lower neck). Brain-lung-thyroid syndrome historically included problems with all three ...
- Surfactant dysfunction is a lung disorder that causes breathing problems. This condition results from abnormalities in the composition or function of surfactant, a mixture of ...
- ... accumulation of air in the space between the lungs and the chest cavity (called the pleural space) ... in the partial or complete collapse of a lung. This type of pneumothorax is described as primary ...
