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. 2007 Sep;62(9):820–829. doi: 10.1136/thx.2004.031013

Table 2 Aetiology of cystic lung disease.

Focal or multifocal cystic lung disease
 Congenital
  Bronchogenic cysts
  Pulmonary sequestration
  Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformations (CCAM)
 Infectious
  Pulmonary tuberculosis
  Coccidioidomycosis
  Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
  Echinococcus granulosus or E multilocularis
 Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia (LIP)
 Desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP)
Diffuse cystic lung disease
 Pulmonary Langerhans' cell histiocytosis (PLCH)
 Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)
Honeycomb cystic lung disease
 Asbestosis
 Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
 Collagen vascular disease
 Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
 Sarcoidosis
Miscellaneous
 Cystic lung disease in Down's syndrome118,119
 Birt‐Hogg Dube syndrome120,121,122
 Trauma