Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemosiderosis
Authors: J. ROBERT COATES
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1961)

Case Reports1 October 1961Idiopathic Pulmonary HemosiderosisA Case Report and DiscussionJ. ROBERT COATES, JAMES C. BELLAMYJ. ROBERT COATESSearch for more papers by this author, JAMES C. BELLAMYSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-55-4-672 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIdiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis is a relatively rare condition affecting primarily children and young adults. It is a disease process characterized by a loss of blood into the alveolar spaces of the lung, often of a sudden and severe degree. It can be fatal initially, or it may develop into chronic or recurrent episodes of pulmonary hemorrhage with the eventual development of pulmonary hemosiderosis and fibrosis, cor pulmonale, recurrent anemia, and death in a large percentage of cases.By 1957 approximately 65 cases had been reported in the entire literature. Soergel (1) tabulated these cases in a complete review of the...References1. SOERGEL KH: Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis: review and report of two cases. Pediatrics 19: 1101, 1957. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. WILLIAMSYOUNG NWRD: Pulmonary hemosiderosis associated with bronchiectasis. Thorax 11: 101, 1956. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. SMITHFEINBERG WER: Early nonrecurrent idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis in an adult: report of a case. New Engl. J. Med. 259: 17 and 808, 1958. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. GUREWICHTHOMAS VMA: Idiopathic pulmonary hemorrhage in pregnancy. New Engl. J. Med. 261: 23 and 1154, 1959. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. CEELEN W: Die Kreislaufstoering der Lungen, in Handbuch der speziellen pathologischen Anatomie und Histologie, ed. by Henke, F., and Lubarsche, O., J. Springer, Berlin, 1931, Vol. 3, Part 3, p. 20. Google Scholar6. WYLLIESHELDONBODIANBARLOW WGWMA: Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis (essential brown induration of lungs). Quart. J. Med. 17: 25, 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar7. BREWERKENNEDYEDWARDS AJRLJE: Recurrent pulmonary hemorrhage with hemosiderosis: so-called idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis. Amer. J. Roentgenol. 76: 98, 1956. Google Scholar8. APTPOLLYCOVEROSS LMJF: Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis: study of anemia and iron distribution using radioiron and radiochromium. J. Clin. Invest. 36: 1150, 1957. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. GELLISREINHOLDGREEN SSJLS: Use of aspiration lung puncture in diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis. Amer. J. Dis. Child. 85: 303, 1953. Google Scholar10. SCHOENIGERTUCKERBOLANDE ELASRP: Idiopathic pulmonary hemorrhage with hemosiderosis and microcytic anemia. Radiology 70: 191, 1958. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. HODSONFRANCEJORDON EJNEI: Idiopathic juvenile pulmonary haemosiderosis. J. Fac. Radiol. (Lond.) 5: 50, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12. BROWNINGHOUGHTON JRJD: Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis. Amer. J. Med. 20: 374, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13. WIGOD M: Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis: report of a case in early childhood with severe anemia. New Engl. J. Med. 253: 413, 1956. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. STEINER B: Essential pulmonary hemosiderosis as immunohaematological problem. Arch. Dis. Child. 29: 391, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar15. IRWINSNOWDEN JMPW: Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis: report of a case with apparent remission from cortisone. Amer. J. Dis. Child. 93: 182, 1957. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Received for publication November 28, 1960.The opinions expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Navy Department or the Naval Service at large.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Lieut. James C. Bellamy, M.D., U. S. Naval Hospital, St. Albans, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByPt‐ and Pd‐Complexes with Acyclic and Heterocyclic P ‐Hydroxyaryl‐Substituted N ‐Phosphanylmethyl Amino Acids RP(CH 2 NHR') 2 and (RPCH 2 NR'CH 2 ) 2 – Evaluation of (P ^ O)M Chelate FormationIdiopathic Pulmonary HemosiderosisIdiopathic Pulmonary Hemosiderosis in a Five-Month-Old InfantIdiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis in children.Zirkulationsstörungen der Lungen 1 October 1961Volume 55, Issue 4Page: 672-678KeywordsChildrenCorticosteroid therapyFibrosisHemorrhageHypertensionLungsPathogenesisPulmonary fibrosisSevere blood lossYoung adults Issue Published: 1 October 1961 PDF DownloadLoading ...