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. 2021 Sep 17:185–197. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.11636-8

Table 3.

Differential diagnosis of pneumonia.

Common Less common
Cardiac failure/pulmonary oedema Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia
Pulmonary embolism Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
Cancer—primary lung/metastases Acute pneumonitis—drugs, radiation
Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Eosinophilic pneumonia—drugs, idiopathic
Pulmonary hemorrhage
Pulmonary vasculitis