Idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis with mineralizing pulmonary elastosis: a case report.
BACKGROUND
Idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis characterized by repeated episodes of intra-alveolar haemorrhage is rare in adults and has a relatively benign course compared to cases seen in children.


METHODS
The case presented here is of an adult man with idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis with mineralizing pulmonary elastosis.


CONCLUSIONS
Pathologists are generally not familiar with this histologic reaction pattern associated with iron encrustation of pulmonary elastic tissue.
Bal
Amanjit
A
Department of Histopathology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India. docaman5@hotmail.com
Bhalla
Ashish
A
Joshi
Kusum
K