Differential diagnosis
Common
- acute bronchitis
- pneumonia
Lung
- cancer
- TB (tuberculosis)
- bronchiectasis
Cardiovascular
- PE (pulmonary embolus)
- MS (mitral stenosis)
- LVF (left ventricular failure)
Rare
vascular malformation
- bleeding diathesis
- vasculitis (Wegener’s / Goodpasture’s)
- connective tissue disease
- endometriosis
