All issues > Volume 31(9); 1988

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1988;31(9):1209-1216. Published online September 30, 1988.

Two Cases of Idiopathic pulmonary Hemosiderosis.

Sung Ky You¹, Ki Soo Kim¹, Young Jee Kim¹, Young Yull Koh¹, Yeon Lim Suh², Je Geun Chi²

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
²Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Received: November 30, 1987;  Accepted: March 27, 1988.

Abstract

Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis is an uncommon disease of undetermined cause that is char- acterized by periodic episodes of cough, hemoptysis, widespread pulmonary infiltrates and hypo- chromic anemia. Two cases of idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis were diagnosed after open lung biopsy. It revealed hemosiderin and hemosiderin-laden macrophage. There were no specific causes for pulmo- nary hemorrhage. We report 2 cases of idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis with brief review of some related literatures.

Keywords :Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis