Table 1.

Main differential diagnosis of granulomatous lung diseases.

Infectious	Non-Infectious
Fungal
Histoplasmosis
Paracoccidioidomycosis
Coccidioidomycosis	Sarcoidosis
Aspergillosis	Bronchocentric Granulomatosis
Cryptococcosis	Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Blastomycosis	Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
Pneumocystosis	Chronic Beryllium disease
Actinomycosis	Silicosis
Mycobacterial	Foreign body reaction
Tuberculosis	Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
Nontuberculous mycobacteriosis	Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
Hansen’s Disease	Wegener Granulomatosis
Parasitic	Churg-Strauss Syndrome
Paragonimiasis	Lymphoid Interstitial Pneumonia
Bacterial	Cancer associated with GI
Syphilis	Rheumatoid Nodule
Tularaemia	Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
Cat-scratch Disease
Whipple’s Disease
Aspiration Pneumonia

GI = Granulomatous Inflammation