Infantile Pulmonary Hemosiderosis
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چکیده
Pulmonary hemosiderosis in infants (< 1 year of age) is a syndrome characterized by pulmonary hemorrhage and hemosiderin-laden macrophages. As there are multiple incompletely understood etiologies regarding this syndrome, this paper discusses the etiologic and pathophysiologic mechanisms, -with particular attention to Heiner’s syndrome, Wegener’s granulomatosis, and the toxigenic mold Stachybotrys. It also provides diagnostic guidelines to assist in the investigation of infantile hemoptysis and the institution of a treatment approach to the infant with IPH.
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