Abstract:During the past decade an increasing number of cases of idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis have been reported. The clinical findings and symptomatology of this disease have become so well recognized that it is frequently diagnosed ante mortem. Despite an increasing knowledge of the clinical aspects of this disorder, its aetiology remains obscure. Certain morphological features encountered in the present case merit description because they suggest an allergic aetiology.
CASE HISTORYA white housewife aged 46 ye… Show more
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