Sideroelastosis pulmonum: cause or consequence of the pulmonary veno-occlusive disease?
In a 66-year-old patient morphologic features of a pulmonary veno-occlusive disease were found. Besides, a striking foreign body giant cell reaction with phagocytosis of altered elastic tissue in totally or partially occluded venous blood vessels resembled the so-called pulmonary sideroelastosis, an entity originally described by Ceelen. In this case report, a possible pathogenetic relation between sideroelastosis pulmonum and pulmonary veno-occlusive disease is discussed.
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Pathologisches Institut, Fakultät für Klinische Medizin Mannheim, Universität Heidelberg, Deutschland.
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D000368:Aged; D002637:Chest Pain; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D011668:Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D012806:Siderosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology