Granulomatous lung diseases

Granulomatous lung disease refers to a broad group of infectious and non-infectious conditions characterized by the formation of granulomas. The spectrum includes:

• infectious
  • mycobacterial
    • pulmonary tuberculosis
    • pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection
  • fungal
    • pulmonary coccidioidomycosis
    • pulmonary cryptococcosis
    • pulmonary histoplasmosis
    • pulmonary blastomycosis
    • pulmonary aspergillus infection
  • parasitic
    • pulmonary dirofilaria infection
• non-infectious
  • pulmonary sarcoidosis
    • necrotizing sarcoid granulomatosis
  • ANCA-associated
    • granulomatosis with polyangiitis 
    • Churg-Strauss syndrome
  • chronic granulomatous disease
  • hypersensitivity pneumonitis
  • bronchocentric granulomatosis
  • pulmonary manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis
    • rheumatoid lung nodules 
  • granulomatosis secondary to substances
    • pulmonary talc granulomatosis
    • berylliosis
    • granulomatous pneumonitis associated with BCG vaccination
  • changes secondary to chronic aspiration pneumonitis
  • lymphoproliferative
    • lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis
    • lymphomatoid granulomatosis
  • pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis
  • Erdheim-Chester disease
  • granulomatous lung disease associated with common variable immunodeficiency

See also

• pulmonary necrotizing granuloma

Siehe auch:

• verkalkte Lungenherde
• necrotizing sarcoid granulomatosis