TY - JOUR
T1 - Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemosiderosis
T2 - Ultrastructural Studies and Response to Azathioprine
AU - Yeager, Henry
AU - Powell, Deborah
AU - Weinberg, Richard M.
AU - Bauer, Heinz
AU - Bellanti, Joseph A.
AU - Katz, Sol
PY - 1976/10
Y1 - 1976/10
N2 - Two boys are presented who fulfilled criteria for a diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis. A lung biopsy specimen from the first patient showed alveolar-capillary basement membrane abnormalities, together with abnormalities of capillary endothelial cells and hemosiderin-laden macrophages. A lung biopsy specimen from the second patient showed mainly capillary endothelial abnormalities and interstitial fibrosis. Both patients had a noticeable improvement in symptoms and relative stabilization of their roentgenographic and pulmonary function abnormalities following azathioprine therapy.
AB - Two boys are presented who fulfilled criteria for a diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis. A lung biopsy specimen from the first patient showed alveolar-capillary basement membrane abnormalities, together with abnormalities of capillary endothelial cells and hemosiderin-laden macrophages. A lung biopsy specimen from the second patient showed mainly capillary endothelial abnormalities and interstitial fibrosis. Both patients had a noticeable improvement in symptoms and relative stabilization of their roentgenographic and pulmonary function abnormalities following azathioprine therapy.
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U2 - 10.1001/archinte.1976.03630100057015
DO - 10.1001/archinte.1976.03630100057015
M3 - Article
C2 - 971014
AN - SCOPUS:84942561168
SN - 0003-9926
VL - 136
SP - 1145
EP - 1149
JO - Archives of Internal Medicine
JF - Archives of Internal Medicine
IS - 10
ER -
