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Respiratory Tract Diseases > Lung Diseases > Hemosiderosis, Pulmonary
... > Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases > Metabolic Diseases > Iron Metabolism Disorders > Iron Overload > Hemosiderosis > Hemosiderosis, Pulmonary

Preferred term

Hemosiderosis, Pulmonary  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Pulmonary Hemosiderosis

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2024(2010)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000097545

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