The possible causes of pain during breath are listed in the table below:
Pulmonary embolism
Lung infarction
Pleurisy
Lobar pneumonia
Bronchial cancer
Lung abscess
Pleural mesothelioma
Infarction of the spleen (in endocarditis)
Splenomegaly
Subphrenic abscess
Bronholm’s disease
Mediastinitis
Chest trauma
Rib fracture