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Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis: favorable response to corticosteroids. 2008

Chung-Hua Chen, and Hsiao-Bai Yang, and Shyh-Ren Chiang, and Po-Chien Wang

Department of Internal Medicine, Hope Doctors Hospital, Miao Li, Taiwan, Republic of China.

A 50-year-old Taiwanese woman had a history of massive hemoptysis occurring every 6 months for the past 4 years. After each bout of hemoptysis, chest roentgenography would show diffuse alveolar infiltration of bilateral lungs, which would usually resolve within 7 days. Transbronchial biopsy revealed diffuse alveolar hemorrhage and hemosiderin-laden macrophage infiltration. Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis was diagnosed by excluding other glomerular, cardiac and immunological disorders. An initial dose of 20 mg prednisolone daily was tapered to 10 mg daily 1 month later. The patient is currently undergoing steroid therapy, and there have been no further episodes of hemoptysis.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008171	Lung Diseases	Pathological processes involving any part of the LUNG.	Pulmonary Diseases,Disease, Pulmonary,Diseases, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Disease,Disease, Lung,Diseases, Lung,Lung Disease
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D011239	Prednisolone	A glucocorticoid with the general properties of the corticosteroids. It is the drug of choice for all conditions in which routine systemic corticosteroid therapy is indicated, except adrenal deficiency states.	Di-Adreson-F,Predate,Predonine,Di Adreson F,DiAdresonF
D005260	Female		Females
D006469	Hemoptysis	Expectoration or spitting of blood originating from any part of the RESPIRATORY TRACT, usually from hemorrhage in the lung parenchyma (PULMONARY ALVEOLI) and the BRONCHIAL ARTERIES.	Hemoptyses
D006486	Hemosiderosis	Conditions in which there is a generalized increase in the iron stores of body tissues, particularly of liver and the MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTE SYSTEM, without demonstrable tissue damage. The name refers to the presence of stainable iron in the tissue in the form of hemosiderin.	Hemosideroses
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D019268	Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic	Autoantibodies directed against cytoplasmic constituents of POLYMORPHONUCLEAR LEUKOCYTES and/or MONOCYTES. They are used as specific markers for GRANULOMATOSIS WITH POLYANGIITIS and other diseases, though their pathophysiological role is not clear. ANCA are routinely detected by indirect immunofluorescence with three different patterns: c-ANCA (cytoplasmic), p-ANCA (perinuclear), and atypical ANCA.	ANCA,Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibodies,Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibody,Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies,Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibodies,Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibody,c-ANCA,p-ANCA,Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies,Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody,Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody,Anti Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies,Anti Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody,Anti Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibodies,Anti Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibody,Antibody, Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic,Antibody, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic,Autoantibody, Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic,Autoantibody, Neutrophil Cytoplasmic,Cytoplasmic Antibody, Anti-Neutrophil,Cytoplasmic Antibody, Antineutrophil,Cytoplasmic Autoantibody, Anti-Neutrophil,Cytoplasmic Autoantibody, Neutrophil,c ANCA,p ANCA