DDx ⬇
- Tuberculosis
- Sarcoidosis
- Histoplasmosis
- Coccidioidomycosis
- Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Related DDx ⬆ ⬇
Etiology ⬆
Metal dusts
- Siderosis (mining, welding)
- Stannosis (mining, tin-working, smelting)
- Baritosis (glass & insecticide manufacturing)
Coal dust
- Coal worker's pneumoconiosis (common)
Inorganic dusts
- Silicosis (rock mining, stone cutting; common)
Silicate dusts
- Asbestosis (mining, insulation, construction, ship-building; common)
- Talcosis (mining, insulation, construction, ship-building)
- Kaolin pneumoconiosis (pottery, cement work)
- Shaver's disease (corundum manufacture)