Lungs

Asbestosis is long-term inflammation and scarring of the lungs due to asbestos fibers.…

A pulmonary aspergilloma, also known as chronic pulmonary aspergillosis, is a human…

Aspergillosis is a fungal infection of usually the lungs, caused by the genus…

Aspiration pneumonia is a type of lung infection that is due to a relatively large amount…

Asthma is a common long-term inflammatory disease of the airways. It is characterized by…

Bronchiectasis is a disease in which there is permanent enlargement of parts of the…

Byssinosis is an occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of cotton or jute dust in…

Black lung disease (BLD), also known as coal workers' pneumoconiosis, coal miner’s lung,…

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a long-term lung condition that makes it…

An empyema is a collection or gathering of pus within a naturally existing anatomical…

Influenza, commonly known as the flu, is an infectious disease caused by influenza…

Lung abscess is a type of liquefactive necrosis of the lung tissue and formation of…

Mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, is a severe fungal infection that may cause…

Nipah virus infection is a zoonotic viral disease caused by the Nipah virus. Results of…

A pleural effusion is accumulation of excessive fluid in the pleural space, the potential…

Pneumoconiosis is the general term for a class of interstitial lung disease where…

Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs…

Silicosis is an occupational lung disease caused by the inhalation of respirable…

Tuberculosis, also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as…

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is a condition characterised by an…

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a type of respiratory failure characterized…

Atelectasis is the partial collapse or closure of a lung resulting in reduced or absent…

Berylliosis, or chronic beryllium disease (CBD), is a chronic allergic-type lung response…

Birt–Hogg–Dubé syndrome (BHD), also Hornstein–Birt–Hogg–Dubé syndrome,…

Bronchiolitis is inflammation of the small airways also known as the bronchioles in the…

Bronchiolitis obliterans (BO), also known as obliterative bronchiolitis, constrictive…

Bronchitis is inflammation of the bronchi in the lungs that causes coughing. Bronchitis…

Bronchogenic cysts are small, solitary cysts or sinuses, most typically located in the…

A bronchopleural fistula (BPF) is a fistula between the pleural space and the lung. It…

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a chronic lung disease of premature infants,…

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a long-term disease caused by a…

A chylothorax is an abnormal accumulation of chyle, a type of lipid-rich lymph, in the…

The common cold, or simply a cold, is a viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory…

Croup, also known as croupy cough, is a type of respiratory infection that is usually…

Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP), formerly known as bronchiolitis obliterans…

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disorder inherited in an autosomal recessive manner…

Eosinophilic pneumonia, sometimes known as Marquette’s Disease is a disease in which an…

A hemothorax is an accumulation of blood within the pleural cavity. The symptoms of a…

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) or extrinsic allergic alveolitis (EAA) is a syndrome…

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), formerly known as cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis,…

Idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis (IPH) is a lung disease of unknown cause that is…

Laryngomalacia is the most common cause of chronic stridor in infancy, in which the soft,…

Legionnaires' disease is a form of atypical pneumonia caused by any species of Legionella…

Lipoid pneumonia, also known as lipid pneumonia, is a rare form of lung inflammation…

Lung cancer, also called lung carcinoma, is a malignant tumor that originates in the…

Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare, progressive and systemic disease that typically…

Mesothelioma is a type of cancer that develops from the thin layer of tissue that covers…

Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is a condition in which severely overweight people…

Pleurisy, also known as pleuritis, is inflammation of the membranes that surround the…

Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP), also known as Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP), is a…

Pneumomediastinum is pneumatosis in the mediastinum, the central part of the chest…

A pneumothorax is collection of air in the pleural space between the lung and the chest…

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare, autosomal recessive genetic ciliopathy, that…

Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) is a rare, inherited disorder of lung phosphate…

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare lung disorder characterized by an abnormal…

A pulmonary contusion, also known as a lung contusion, is a bruise of the lung, caused by…

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a blockage of an artery in the lungs by a substance that has…

Pulmonary fibrosis is typically a condition in which the lungs become scarred over time.…

Pulmonary hypertension is a condition of increased blood pressure in the arteries of the…

Pulmonary edema, also known as pulmonary congestion, is excessive fluid accumulation in…

A pulmonary sequestration is a medical condition wherein a piece of tissue that…

Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) is a rare form of pulmonary hypertension caused…

Sarcoidosis, also known as Besnier–Boeck–Schaumann disease, is a non-infectious…

Sleep apnea is a sleep-related breathing disorder in which repetitive pauses in…

A lung nodule or pulmonary nodule is a relatively small focal density in the lung. A…

Subglottic stenosis is a congenital or acquired narrowing of the subglottic airway. It…

Swyer–James syndrome (SJS), also called Swyer–James–MacLeod syndrome, is a rare disease…

A thymoma is a tumor originating from the epithelial cells of the thymus that is…

Laryngotracheal stenosis refers to abnormal narrowing of the central air passageways.…

Tracheobronchomegaly is a rare lung condition characterised by abnormal widening of the…

A tracheoesophageal fistula is an abnormal connection (fistula) between the esophagus and…

Tracheomalacia is a condition or incident where the cartilage that keeps the airway…

Whooping cough, also known as pertussis or the 100-day cough, is a highly contagious,…

Yellow nail syndrome, also known as "primary lymphedema associated with yellow nails and…