Aetiology of cystic lung disease
| Focal or multifocal cystic lung disease |
| Congenital |
| Bronchogenic cysts |
| Pulmonary sequestration |
| Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformations (CCAM) |
| Infectious |
| Pulmonary tuberculosis |
| Coccidioidomycosis |
| Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia |
| Echinococcus granulosus or E multilocularis |
| Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia (LIP) |
| Desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP) |
| Diffuse cystic lung disease |
| Pulmonary Langerhans’ cell histiocytosis (PLCH) |
| Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) |
| Honeycomb cystic lung disease |
| Asbestosis |
| Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis |
| Collagen vascular disease |
| Hypersensitivity pneumonitis |
| Sarcoidosis |
| Miscellaneous |
| Cystic lung disease in Down’s syndrome118,119 |
| Birt-Hogg Dube syndrome120–122 |
| Trauma |