Difference between revisions of "Pulmonary hemorrhage"
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Latest revision as of 05:44, 22 December 2015
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:[1]
- Goodpasture syndrome.
- Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis.
- Vasculitis-associated hemorrhage (hypersensitivity angiitis, Wegener's granulomatosis).
- Systemic lupus erythematosus.
Radiology
- Airspace opacity.
Microscopic
Features:
- Red blood cells in the airspaces - abundant.
- +/-Siderophages (hemosiderin-laden macrophages).
- Can count (distinct) granules (unlike in smoker's macrophages).
DDx:
- Decomposition.
Images
HLM - high mag. (WC)
HLM - very high mag. (WC)
HLM - very high mag. (WC)
See also
References
- ↑ 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.