[Pulmonary interstitial disease due to hemochromatosis as a presenting sign of disease].
We present a patient with hemochromatosis whose first sign of disease was an accidental finding of interstitial patterns on a chest film and whose transbronchial biopsy showed traces of iron (Fe) in alveolar macrophages and septal matter. We then looked for deposits in other locations, finding Fe ([+]: 6.964 micrograms) in the dry weight of a cylindrical sample of liver tissue. A Medline search on CD-ROM for 1989 through May of 1994 revealed no references to similar cases.
Pereiro Alonso
M E
ME
Sección de Neumología, Hospital San Agustín, Avilés, Asturias.
García García
J M
JM
Martínez Muñiz
M A
MA
Alonso de la Campa
J M
JM
D006432:Hemochromatosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography
Afectación intersticial pulmonar por hemocromatosis como forma de presentación de la enfermedad.