Hemoptysis causes

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

Causes

Common Causes

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

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular	Absence of pulmonary artery, Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), Aortic Aneurysm, Arteriovenous malformation (AVM), Congestive heart failure, Eisenmenger Syndrome, Heart failure, Leukocytoclastic angiitis, Microscopic polyangiitis, Mitral Stenosis, Polyarteritis nodosa, Pulmonary artery stenosis, Pulmonary hypertension, Pulmonary veins stenosis, Ruptured aortic aneurysm, Ruptured arteriovenous fistula, Septic pulmonary emboli, Wegener granulomatosis
Chemical / poisoning	Nitrogen dioxide
Dermatologic	No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect	Anticoagulants, Bevacizumab, Cytotoxic drug use, Dicoumarol, Warfarin
Ear Nose Throat	No underlying causes
Endocrine	No underlying causes
Environmental	No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic	No underlying causes
Genetic	No underlying causes
Hematologic	No underlying causes
Iatrogenic	No underlying causes
Infectious Disease	No underlying causes
Musculoskeletal / Ortho	No underlying causes
Neurologic	No underlying causes
Nutritional / Metabolic	No underlying causes
Obstetric/Gynecologic	No underlying causes
Oncologic	No underlying causes
Opthalmologic	No underlying causes
Overdose / Toxicity	No underlying causes
Psychiatric	No underlying causes
Pulmonary	No underlying causes
Renal / Electrolyte	No underlying causes
Rheum / Immune / Allergy	No underlying causes
Sexual	No underlying causes
Trauma	No underlying causes
Urologic	No underlying causes
Dental	No underlying causes
Miscellaneous	No underlying causes

Causes in Alphabetical Order

Absence of pulmonary artery Actinomycosis Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis Alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency Alveolar hydatid disease Amyloidosis Anticoagulants Aortic Aneurysm Arteriovenous malformation (AVM) Asbestosis Aspergilloma Aspiration (foreign body) Behcet's Syndrome Bevacizumab Blood dyscrasias Bronchial adenoma Bronchial adenomata syndrome Bronchial varices Bronchiectasis Bronchitis Bronchogenic carcinoma Bronchogenic cyst Broncholithiasis Bronchoscopy Bronchovascular fistula Carbamoylphosphate synthetase deficiency Carcinoma of the vocal tract Catamenial hemoptysis Chronic bronchitis Clove cigarettes Coagulopathy Cocaine Coccidioidomycosis Congenital bronchogenic cyst Congestive heart failure Cystic Fibrosis Cytotoxic drug use Dengue Dicoumarol Dieulafoy's disease Dirofilaria immitis Echinococcal cyst Echinococcus granulosus Ehler-danlos syndrome (vascular type) Eisenmenger Syndrome Endometriosis Esophageal carcinoma Esophageal tumors Essential thrombocytosis Extrinsic allergic alveolitis Fistula Follicular hamartoma-alopecia-cystic fibrosis Foreign body in respiratory tract Francisella tularenis Goodpasture syndrome Heart failure Hemophilia Hemorrhagic diathesis Henoch-Schonlein Purpura Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia Histiocytosis X Histoplasmosis Hughes-Stovin syndrome Idiopathic Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis Intrathoracic endometriosis Klebsiella Laryngeal carcinoma Laryngitis

Laryngoscopy Lemierre's syndrome Leukemia Leukocytoclastic angiitis Linguatula serrata Lung abscess Lung biopsy Lung contusion Lung metastases Lung neoplasm Lupus pneumonitis Lymphangiomyomatosis Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia Lymphomatoid granulomatosis Malignant lymphoma Mediastinal tumors Mediastinoscopy Mesothelioma Microscopic polyangiitis Mitral Stenosis Mucormycosis Nitrogen dioxide Nocardiosis Oropharyngeal cancer Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome Paracoccidioidomycosis Paragonimiasis Penetrating chest wound Pleuropulmonary blastoma Pneumonia Pneumonic plague Polyarteritis nodosa Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation Pulmonary artery stenosis Pulmonary congestion Pulmonary edema Pulmonary embolism Pulmonary fibrosis Pulmonary hemangioma Pulmonary hypertension Pulmonary infarction Pulmonary veins stenosis Rhodococcus equi Ruptured aortic aneurysm Ruptured arteriovenous fistula Ruptured bronchi Sarcoidosis Septic pulmonary emboli Severe nosebleed Severe vomiting Shrapnel Spirometry Systemic lupus erythematosus Tonsillectomy Tonsillitis Tracheal cancer Tracheal trauma Tracheitis Tracheobronchopathia osteoplastica Tracheo-esophageal fistula and esophageal varices Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia Tuberculosis Uremic lung Violent coughing Warfarin Wegener granulomatosis Yersinia pestis Zygomycosis