TOPIC: Lung Pathology TYPE: Medical Student/Resident Case Reports INTRODUCTION: IPH is a rare disease that causes recurrent episodes of diffuse alveolar hemorrhage, most commonly presenting in children[1]. The classic triad includes iron deficiency anemia, hemoptysis, and pulmonary infiltrates; however, the initial symptom often only anemia[1-2]. This case describes an unusual complication IPH....

Using three different methods of cells fractionation, hemosiderin granules were isolated from tissues (liver and/or spleen) of three patients. The samples were obtained from a case of idiopathic hemochromatosis, a case of thalassemia major with secondary (transfusional?) hemosiderosis, and a case of transfusional hemosiderosis associated with an unclassified anemia. Iron, nitrogen, and protein ...