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Iron deposition within the lung. Primary pulmonary hemosiderosis is characterized by HEMOPTYSIS; IRON-DEFICIENCY ANEMIA, and diffuse pulmonary hemorrhage as seen as transient pulmonary infiltrates on RADIOGRAPHY. Even though large amounts of iron are laid down in the lung, with normal or increased total body iron, anemia occurs because of inability of the erythron to use iron sequestered in pulmonary MACROPHAGES.
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- Hemosiderosis, Pulmonary
- Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemosiderosis
- Primary Pulmonary Hemosiderosis
- Secondary Pulmonary Hemosiderosis
- Hemosiderosis, Idiopathic Pulmonary
- Hemosiderosis, Primary Pulmonary
- Hemosiderosis, Secondary Pulmonary
- Pulmonary Hemosiderosis, Idiopathic
- Pulmonary Hemosiderosis, Primary
- Pulmonary Hemosiderosis, Secondary
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2024(2010)
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- National Library of Medicine. Pulmonary Hemosiderosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000097545. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000097545
- Pulmonary Hemosiderosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiopathic_pulmonary_haemosiderosis
- Pulmonary Hemosiderosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1052626