DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF RESPIRATORY CAUSES OF HEMOPTYSIS

Differential diagnosis of respiratory causes of hemoptysis are : 
-Wegener granulomatosis 
-SLE
-pulmonary tuberculosis 
-pulmonary embolism 
-rupture of the pulmonary AV fistula 
-telangiectasia of the lung 
-hamartoma 
-bronchiectasis
-broncholithiasis
-lung abscess
-bronchial rupture
-pneumonia 
-bronchitis
-worm infestation ( round worm) 
-bronchogenic carcinoma 
-fungal infection of the lung 
-Goodpasture's Syndrome 
-foreign body respiratory passage