TABLE 1

Classification system based on the cells of origin of multiple synchronous lung nodules

Lymphoproliferative disorders
 MALT lymphoma
 Lymphomatoid granulomatosis
 Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder
 Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
Vascular tumours
 Epithelioid haemangioendothelioma
 Kaposi's sarcoma
 Angiosarcoma
Neuroendocrine cell line
 Diffuse idiopathic neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia
Meningothelial cell line
 Minute pulmonary meningothelial-like nodules
Epithelial cell line
 Atypical adenomatous hyperplasia
 Adenocarcinoma in situ

MALT: mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue.