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ID DOID:12118
Name pulmonary hemosiderosis
Definition A lung disease with an unknown etiology affecting the lungs which results in bleeding from tiny alveolar capillaries. Examination of sputum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid can disclose hemosiderin-laden alveolar macrophages (siderophages), and the lung biopsy shows numerous siderophages in the alveoli. Alveolar hemorrhage is characterized by hemoptysis, shortness of breath, alveolar infiltrates on chest radiograph, and various degrees of anaemia. Following a bleeding episode, the alveolar macrophages convert the hemoglobin's iron into hemosiderin within 36-72h.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_induration, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiopathic_pulmonary_haemosiderosis, https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/24/1/162.full
Xrefs

ICD10CM:J84.03

ICD9CM:516.1

MESH:C536281

OMIM:178550

OMIM:235500

ORDO:99931

SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:190848001

UMLS_CUI:C0020807

Alternateids

DOID:0050330

Subsets

DO_rare_slim

Synonyms

brown induration [EXACT]

brown lung [EXACT]

Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis [EXACT]

Parent Relationships

is_a lung disease

is_a hemosiderosis

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