Difference between revisions of "Pulmonary hemorrhage"

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Pulmonary hemorrhage, also lung hemorrhage, is a potentially serious conditions with a large number of possible underlying causes.

A few causes:

Pulmonary hemorrhage syndromes:^[1]

Features:

Red blood cells in the airspaces - abundant.
+/-Siderophages (hemosiderin-laden macrophages).
- Can count (distinct) granules (unlike in smoker's macrophages).

DDx:

↑ Cotran, Ramzi S.; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Nelso Fausto; Robbins, Stanley L.; Abbas, Abul K. (2005). Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease (7th ed.). St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Saunders. pp. 745. ISBN 0-7216-0187-1.

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-#redirect [[Medical_lung_diseases#Pulmonary_hemorrhage]]
+'''Pulmonary hemorrhage''', also '''lung hemorrhage''', is a potentially serious conditions with a large number of possible underlying causes.
+==General==
+*Many causes.
+A few causes:
+*Trauma.
+*Acute [[bronchopneumonia]].
+*Lung cancer, e.g. [[lung adenocarcinoma]].
+*[[Pulmonary hypertension]].
+*Infection, e.g. [[tuberculosis]].
+*[[Bronchiectasis]].
+Pulmonary hemorrhage syndromes:<ref name=Ref_PBoD745>{{Ref PBoD|745}}</ref>
+*[[Goodpasture syndrome]].
+*[[Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis]].
+*Vasculitis-associated hemorrhage (hypersensitivity angiitis, [[Wegener's granulomatosis]]).
+*[[Systemic lupus erythematosus]].
+==Radiology==
+*Airspace opacity.
+==Microscopic==
+Features:
+*[[Red blood cell]]s in the airspaces - abundant.
+*+/-Siderophages (hemosiderin-laden macrophages).
+**Can count (distinct) granules (unlike in ''[[smoker's macrophages]]'').
+DDx:
+*Decomposition.
+==See also==
+*[[Medical lung diseases]].
+*[[Interstitial lung disease]].
+==References==
+{{Reflist|1}}
 [[Category:Diagnosis]]
+[[Category:Pulmonary pathology]]