Fibrosing alveolitis with autoimmune haemolytic anaemia: two case reports.
Two patients with fibrosing alveolitis and autoimmune haemolytic anaemia are described. One patient also had neurofibromatosis. The haematological associations of fibrosing alveolitis are discussed, and a possible relationship between autoimmune haemolysis and fibrosing alveolitis is suggested.
D000368:Aged; D000542:Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000744:Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004912:Erythrocytes; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008264:Macrophages; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications; D011859:Radiography