Not cause of Hemoptysis | PGIMER MCQs for MD MS Preparations

Not cause of hemoptysis 

a. Pneumonia 
b. Bronchiectasis 
c. Empyema 
d Mitral stenosis
e. Tuberculosis

Ans. (C) Empyema

CAUSES OF HEMOPTYSIS

Tracheobronchial Source

• Neoplasm (bronchogenic, endobronchial tumour, kaposis sarcoma, bronchial carcinoid)

• Bronchitis (acute and chronic)

• Bronchiectasis

• Broncholithiasis

• Airway trauma

• Foreign body.

Pulmonary Parenchymal source

- Lung Abscess

- Pneumonia

- Tuberculosis

- Mycetoma

- Good Pasture’s Syndrome

- Idiopathic Pulmonary haemosiderosis

- Lupus Pneumonitis

- Lung Contusion

Primarily Vascular Source

- Arteriovenous malformation

- Pulmonary embolism

- Mitral stenosis

Miscellaneous causes

- Pulmonary endometriosis

- Systemic coagulopathy or use of anticoagulant thrombolytic agent