Table 1.
Differential diagnosis of granulomatous lung disease.
Infectious lung diseases | |
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Mycobacteria | Tuberculosis and non-tuberculous mycobacteria |
Fungal | Cryptococcus neoformans, Coccidioides immitis, Histoplasma capsulatum, Blastomyces dermatitidis |
Non-infectious lung diseases | |
Inflammatory | Sarcoidosis |
Bronchocentric granulomatosis | |
Inflammatory bowel disease | |
Exposure/Toxins | Hypersensitivity pneumonitis |
Hot tub lung | |
Berylliosis | |
Talc | |
Drug reactions | |
Aspiration pneumonia | |
Vasculitis | Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) |
Autoimmune diseases | Rheumatoid nodule |