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#redirect [[Medical_lung_diseases#Pulmonary_hemorrhage]]
'''Pulmonary hemorrhage''', also '''lung hemorrhage''', is a potentially serious conditions with a large number of possible underlying causes.
 
==General==
*Many causes.
 
A few causes:
*Trauma.
*Acute [[bronchopneumonia]].
*Lung cancer, e.g. [[lung adenocarcinoma]].
*[[Pulmonary hypertension]].
*Infection, e.g. [[tuberculosis]].
*[[Bronchiectasis]].
 
Pulmonary hemorrhage syndromes:<ref name=Ref_PBoD745>{{Ref PBoD|745}}</ref>
*[[Goodpasture syndrome]].
*[[Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis]].
*Vasculitis-associated hemorrhage (hypersensitivity angiitis, [[Wegener's granulomatosis]]).
*[[Systemic lupus erythematosus]].
 
==Radiology==
*Airspace opacity.
 
==Microscopic==
Features:
*[[Red blood cell]]s in the airspaces - abundant.
*+/-Siderophages (hemosiderin-laden macrophages).
**Can count (distinct) granules (unlike in ''[[smoker's macrophages]]'').
 
DDx:
*Decomposition.
 
===Images===
<gallery>
Image: Siderophages in BAL -- high mag.jpg | HLM - high mag. (WC)
Image: Siderophages in BAL -- very high mag.jpg | HLM - very high mag. (WC)
Image: Siderophages in BAL - alt -- very high mag.jpg | HLM - very high mag. (WC)
</gallery>
 
==See also==
*[[Medical lung diseases]].
*[[Interstitial lung disease]].
 
==References==
{{Reflist|1}}
 


[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Pulmonary pathology]]

Latest revision as of 05:44, 22 December 2015

Pulmonary hemorrhage, also lung hemorrhage, is a potentially serious conditions with a large number of possible underlying causes.

General

  • Many causes.

A few causes:

Pulmonary hemorrhage syndromes:[1]

Radiology

  • Airspace opacity.

Microscopic

Features:

DDx:

  • Decomposition.

Images

See also

References

  1. Cotran, Ramzi S.; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Nelso Fausto; Robbins, Stanley L.; Abbas, Abul K. (2005). Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease (7th ed.). St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Saunders. pp. 745. ISBN 0-7216-0187-1.