the most frequent cause of haemoptysis was bronchial carcinoma ( 86 cases , 25 % ) , with chronic bronchitis in 73 cases ( 21.5 % , inactive pulmonary tuberculosis in 33 ( 9.5 % ) , bronchiectasis in 22 ( t.5 % ) , active pulmonary tuberculosis in 21 ( 6 % ) and pneumonia in 17 ( 5 % ) .
C0019079
haemoptysis
C0007121
bronchial carcinoma