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. 2022 May 12;9(1):100012. doi: 10.1016/j.acpath.2022.100012

Table 1.

Differential diagnosis of granulomatous lung disease.

Infectious lung diseases
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