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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Carlos A Lopez, M.D. [2]

Causes

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular	No underlying causes
Chemical / poisoning	No underlying causes
Dermatologic	No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect	No underlying causes
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	Histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis, cryptococcosis, aspergillosis, tuberculosis, lung abscess, pneumonia
Musculoskeletal / Ortho	No underlying causes
Neurologic	No underlying causes
Nutritional / Metabolic	No underlying causes
Obstetric/Gynecologic	Germ cell tumors, teratoma
Oncologic	Small cell carcinoma, non small cell lung cancer, adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, large cell carcinoma, pulmonary carcinoid tumor, pleuropulmonary blastoma, bronchus neuroendocrine tumor, typical carcinoid neuroendocrine tumor, atypical carcinoid neuroendocrine tumor, large cell neuroendocrine cancer of the lung, lymphomas, sarcomas, vascular tumors Hamartomas, bronchial adenomas, chondromas, fibromas, lipomas
Opthalmologic	No underlying causes
Overdose / Toxicity	No underlying causes
Psychiatric	No underlying causes
Pulmonary	Pleural malignant mesothelioma, Pleural sarcomas, pleural angiosarcoma, pleural desmoplastic small round cell tumor, pleural synovial sarcoma, pleural solitary fibrous tumor, smooth muscle tumors of pleura, benign leiomyoma, malignant leiomyosarcoma, pleural carcinomas, pleural mucoepidermoid carcinoma, pleural pseudomesotheliomatous adenocarcinoma
Renal / Electrolyte	No underlying causes
Rheum / Immune / Allergy	Rheumatoid arthritis, Wegener granulomatosis, sarcoidosis
Sexual	No underlying causes
Trauma	No underlying causes
Urologic	No underlying causes
Miscellaneous	Mediastinal tumors thymoma, lymphoma, pheochromocytoma, thyroid tissue, parathyroid lesions, metastasis