Table 34-1 Differential Diagnosis of Hemoptysis Source other than the lower respiratory tract Upper airway (nasopharyngeal) bleeding Gastrointestinal bleeding Tracheobronchial source Neoplasm (bronchogenic carcinoma, endobronchial metastatic tumor, Kaposi's sarcoma, bronchial carcinoid) Bronchitis (acute or chronic) Bronchiectasis Broncholithiasis Airway trauma Foreign body Pulmonary parenchymal source Lung abscess Pneumonia Tuberculosis Mycetoma ("fungus ball") Goodpasture's syndrome Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis Wegener's granulomatosis Lupus pneumonitis Lung contusion Primary vascular source Arteriovenous malformation Pulmonary embolism Elevated pulmonary venous pressure (esp. mitral stenosis) . | Chapter 034. Cough and Hemoptysis Part 4 Table 34-1 Differential Diagnosis of Hemoptysis Source other than the lower respiratory tract Upper airway nasopharyngeal bleeding Gastrointestinal bleeding Tracheobronchial source Neoplasm bronchogenic carcinoma endobronchial metastatic tumor Kaposi s sarcoma bronchial carcinoid Bronchitis acute or chronic Bronchiectasis Broncholithiasis Airway trauma Foreign body Pulmonary parenchymal source Lung abscess Pneumonia Tuberculosis Mycetoma fungus ball Goodpasture s syndrome Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis Wegener s granulomatosis Lupus pneumonitis Lung contusion Primary vascular source Arteriovenous malformation Pulmonary .
