title: [Long-term evaluation of immunosuppressive therapy in childhood idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis].
abstract: Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis (IPM) is a rare disease of unknown etiology, whose diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic approach is still open to discussion. In this paper the authors report a study regarding three cases of IPH initially detected in 13, 11 and 7 year-old children. The patients were treated with cyclophosphamide and prednisone according to different cycles depending on the clinical stage in the disease. All three patients are still alive after 10, 6 and 5 years since initial diagnosis. This therapeutic protocol therefore seems to be effective in preventing the progression of IPH and in maintaining the patients in an asymptomatic condition.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006486:Hemosiderosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D011241:Prednisone
vernacular_title: Valutazione a lungo termine della terapia immunosoppressiva nella emosiderosi polmonare idiopatica dell'infanzia.