Idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis with mineralizing pulmonary elastosis: A case report

doi:10.1186/1752-1947-2-65

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Idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis with mineralizing pulmonary elastosis: A case report

Amanjit Bal¹ , Ashish Bhalla² and Kusum Joshi¹

¹Department of Histopathology, PGIMER, Sector-12, Chandigarh-160012, India

²Department of Internal Medicine, PGIMER, Sector-12, Chandigarh-160012, India

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Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008, 2:65doi:10.1186/1752-1947-2-65


Published:	27 February 2008

Abstract

Introduction

Idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis characterized by repeated episodes of intra-alveolar haemorrhage is rare in adults and has a relatively benign course compared to cases seen in children.

Case Presentation

The case presented here is of an adult man with idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis with mineralizing pulmonary elastosis.

Conclusion

Pathologists are generally not familiar with this histologic reaction pattern associated with iron encrustation of pulmonary elastic tissue.