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'''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]] | |||