Circulating immune complexes with pulmonary hemorrhage during pregnancy in idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis.
Circulating immune complexes occurred during pulmonary hemorrhage in a pregnant patient with idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis, an association not previously reported. The patient required mechanical ventilation, but recovered; after a prolonged hospitalization, she was delivered of a healthy infant without further complications.
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Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento 95817.
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Richeson
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D000328:Adult; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex / Q000097:blood*; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*; D006486:Hemosiderosis / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000276:immunology
D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex