Soft tissue mass in the hilar region of the lung is clinically considered to be the result of pathologic factors such as severe infection of the lungs and tuberculosis.
1. Severe lung infection: lung infection refers to infectious diseases of the terminal airways, alveoli and interstitium of the lungs. Patients are accompanied by cough, sputum, aggravation of existing respiratory disease symptoms, or chest pain, dyspnea, hemoptysis, fever and other symptoms. If left untreated, the disease can develop into a chronic process or cause infections in other parts of the body, seriously affecting the quality of life.
2. Tuberculosis: Tuberculosis is a respiratory infectious disease that occurs in lung tissue, trachea, bronchus and pleura caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. The clinical process is mostly chronic, manifested by respiratory symptoms such as coughing, coughing up sputum, or blood in sputum, or hemoptysis, which may be accompanied by systemic symptoms such as low fever, malaise, and night sweats (sweating abnormally after going to sleep, and sweating stops after waking up). With early diagnosis and early treatment, most patients have a good prognosis.
In addition, inflammatory nodules in the lungs, as well as lung fungal disease, lymph nodes, lung cancer and other parts of the metastasis to the lungs, etc., may also appear in the lungs like soft tissue mass-like manifestations.
If patients find soft tissue masses in the lungs, they should have further examination to clarify the cause of the disease and follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment.