The etiology of diffuse cystic lung diseases: an analysis of 1010 consecutive cases in a LAM clinic.

Approximately 70% of DCLD patients in our LAM clinic had LAM. The common differential diagnoses included Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome, Sjogren's syndrome, and pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Detailed clinical information and laboratory, genetic, and pathological investigations provide correct diagnoses in most patients with DCLD.