Abstract

PATINO, Santiago; MONCADA, Diana Carolina  and  RAMIREZ, Juan David. Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis in an adult patient. Acta Med Colomb [online]. 2017, vol.42, n.1, pp.64-67. ISSN 0120-2448.

The case of a 46-year-old patient with five years of evolution of intermittent episodes of hemoptysis whose final diagnosis was idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis is reported. Its presentation and clinical characteristics are compared with the other cases reported in the literature.

Keywords : hemoptysis; hemosiderosis; pulmonary diseases; pulmonary alveoli.

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