Table 2.
Final diagnosis
| N | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Cryptogenic | 171 | 52.5 |
| Pneumonia | 53 | 16.3 |
| Emphysema | 26 | 8.0 |
| Bronchiectasis | 19 | 5.8 |
| Lung cancer | 13 | 4.0 |
| Fibrosis | 8 | 2.5 |
| Other infections | 4 | 1.2 |
| Pulmonary embolus | 3 | 0.9 |
| Anticoagulant treatment | 3 | 0.9 |
| Heart failure | 2 | 0.6 |
| Pleuritis | 2 | 0.6 |
| Mucosal dysplasiaa | 2 | 0.6 |
| Allergic alveolitis | 1 | 0.3 |
| Metastatic gastrointestinal cancer | 1 | 0.3 |
| Calcifications | 1 | 0.3 |
| Cicatricial infiltration | 1 | 0.3 |
| Desquamative interstitial pneumonia | 1 | 0.3 |
| Oesophageal infection | 1 | 0.3 |
| Hamartoma | 1 | 0.3 |
| Atelectasis | 1 | 0.3 |
| Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis | 1 | 0.3 |
| Lymphoid interstitial pneumonia | 1 | 0.3 |
| Osler syndrome | 1 | 0.3 |
| Metastatic breast cancer | 1 | 0.3 |
| Tuberculosis | 1 | 0.3 |
| Metastatic hepatic cancer | 1 | 0.3 |
| Rib fracture | 1 | 0.3 |
| Sarcoidosis | 1 | 0.3 |
| Bronchitis | 1 | 0.3 |
| Pneumothorax | 1 | 0.3 |
| Vascular malformation | 1 | 0.3 |
| Tuberculosis sequelae | 1 | 0.3 |
| Total | 326 | 100.0 |
a
Patients with ongoing clinical follow-ups including bronchoscopy.