Open AccessA case of idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis with severe heart damage
Author(s) -
L. A. Shcherbatenko,
V. M. Andreev
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj88765
Subject(s) - hemosiderosis , medicine , etiology , pulmonary hemorrhage , disease , anemia , lung , heart disease , pathology , cardiology
Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis is a rare disease of unclear etiology. .In most cases, it occurs in childhood, is characterized by repeated hemorrhages in the lung tissue and hemoptysis, iron deficiency anemia develops in the future. This disease often leads to death from massive pulmonary hemorrhage, sometimes from a pulmonary heart.