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Table 3 The diagnoses included under the six broad diagnostic categories, with their frequencies across the entire cohort (N = 51) and the women-only cohort (N = 40)

From: Is the combination of bilateral pulmonary nodules and mosaic attenuation on chest CT specific for DIPNECH?

Diagnostic categories

Entire cohort

N = 51

Women-only

N = 40

Cancer

17 (33)

12 (30)

 Metastatic/multifocal lung adenocarcinoma

6 (12)

6 (15)

 Metastatic lung cancer (subtype other than adenocarcinoma)

1 (2)

0 (0)

 Metastatic adenocarcinoma of unknown primary

1 (2)

1 (3)

 Metastatic cancer with primary other than lung

7 (14)

4 (10)

 Hematological malignancy

2 (4)

1 (3)

Bronchiolitis

12 (24)

10 (25)

 Bronchiolitis obliterans in lung transplant recipient

4 (8)

2 (5)

 Bronchiolitis obliterans in non-lung transplant recipient

3 (6)

3 (8)

 Follicular bronchiolitis

4 (8)

4 (10)

 Respiratory bronchiolitis

1 (2)

1 (3)

Interstitial lung disease

10 (20)

8 (20)

 Hypersensitivity pneumonitis

7 (14)

7 (18)

 Cicatricial COP

1 (2)

0 (0)

 PLCH

1 (2)

1 (3)

 UIP

1 (2)

0 (0)

DIPNECH

5 (10)

5 (13)

Infection

3 (6)

2 (5)

 Fungal infection

2 (4)

1 (3)

 Nontuberculous mycobacteria

1 (2)

1 (3)

Other

4 (8)

3 (8)

 Rheumatoid nodules

1 (2)

1 (3)

 Sarcoidosis nodules

3 (6)

2 (5)

  1. Data are presented as N (%)
  2. COP cryptogenic organizing pneumonia, PLCH pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis, UIP usual interstitial pneumonia, DIPNECH diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia