[Infantile idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis. Presentation of a case]

Pediatr Med Chir. 1984 Mar-Apr;6(2):341-4.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

The present report deals with a patient affected by idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis. The diagnosis was made by pulmonary biopsy and ultrastructural and immunological study. We are treating the patient with iron therapy and desferrioxamine.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Anemia, Hypochromic / complications
  • Anemia, Macrocytic / complications
  • Biopsy
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Fibrinogen / analysis
  • Hemosiderosis / diagnosis*
  • Hemosiderosis / pathology
  • Humans
  • Lung / pathology
  • Lung Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Lung Diseases / pathology

Substances

  • Fibrinogen