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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Causes

Common Causes

Common causes of hemoptysis include:

• Bronchitis
• Pneumonia
• Lung neoplasm (in smokers, when hemoptysis is persistent)
• Aspergilloma
• Tuberculosis
• Bronchiectasis
• Coccidioidomycosis
• Pulmonary embolism
• Pneumonic plague
• Idiopathic - in 20% cases

Causes in Alphabetical Order

• Actinomycosis
• Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
• Amyloidosis
• Aortic Aneurysm
• Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
• Aspergilloma
• Aspiration (foreign body)
• Behcet's Syndrome
• Biopsy
• Bleeding gums
• Bronchial adenoma
• Bronchitis
• Bronchiectasis
• Bronchogenic carcinoma
• Broncholithiasis
• Bronchoscopy
• Coagulopathy
• Cocaine use
• Coccidioidomycosis
• Congestive Heart Failure
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Cytotoxic drug use
• Echinococcal cyst
• Endometriosis
• Esophageal tumors
• Fistula (between vasculature and airway)
• Goodpasture's Syndrome
• Heart failure
• Hemorrhagic diathesis
• Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT or Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome)
• Henoch-Schonlein Purpura
• Histiocytosis X
• Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis
• Intrathoracic endometriosis
• Laryngitis
• Laryngoscopy
• Lung abscess
• Lung contusion
• Malignant lymphoma
• Mediastinal tumors
• Mediastinoscopy
• Metastases
• Mitral Stenosis
• Nosebleed
• Oral Candidiasis
• Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome
• Pharyngitis
• Pneumonia
• Polyarteritis Nodosa
• Primary pulmonary hypertension
• Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula
• Pulmonary congestion
• Pulmonary Embolism
• Pulmonary fibrosis
• Pulmonary hemangioma
• Pulmonary hemosiderosis
• Pulmonary Infarction
• Ruptured aortic aneurysm
• Ruptured bronchi
• Sarcoidosis
• Septic pulmonary emboli
• Shrapnel
• Spirometry
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
• Tonsillectomy
• Tracheitis
• Trauma
• Tuberculosis
• Violent coughing
• Warfarin - excess anticoagulation
• Wegener's Granulomatosis