Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis: Alveoli are an answer to anemia
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Microcytic hypochromic anemia in idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis: a diagnostic pitfall.
Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis (IPH) is a rare, life-threatening disease of uncertain etiology, characterized by recurrent intra-alveolar hemorrhages and usually afflicting young adults or children(l). Symptoms of lung hemorrhage are often few and atypical(2). Consequently, the condition may go unrecognized for a few years or months, presenting as recurrent iron deficiency anemia with no ac...
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OBJECTIVE: To alert pediatricians about the possibillity of childhood Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemosiderosis, in cases of anemia associated with chronic lung disease. METHODS: This article documents a case of Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemosiderosis in a 6 year-old child, with histopathological documentation, and reviews it against published literature. RESULTS: A 6 year-old child with history of anemia ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0022-3859
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.74290