Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis complicated by Down syndrome.

We report the case of a 9-year-old girl with Down syndrome (DS) diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis (IPH). Although acute pneumonia complicated by hemolytic anemia was suspected, IPH was finally diagnosed on bronchoscopy. Treatment with prednisolone achieved good clinical response. An association between IPH and DS was not able to be identified, but immunological issues in DS may contribute to the onset of IPH. Recurrent and intractable respiratory symptoms with marked infiltrative shadows in the bilateral lungs and complicated by severe anemia in patients with DS should suggest IPH.

Watanabe H ，Ayusawa M ，Kato M ，Chou A ，Komori A ，Abe Y ，Matsumura M ，Kamiyama H ，Izumi H ，Takahashi S ... -  《-》

Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis in an adult patient responded well to corticosteroid therapy.

Deniz O ，Ongürü O ，Ors F ，Gümüş S ，Tozkoparan E ，Bilgiç H ，Ekiz K ... -  《-》

Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis - A rare cause of chronic anemia.

Butt A ，Ahmed R ，Sheikh MDA ，Khan O ，Iqbal N ，Rahman AJ ，Khan JA ... -  《-》

[Diagnostics and therapy of idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis].

Willms H ，Gutjahr K ，Juergens UR ，Hammerschmidt S ，Gessner C ，Hoheisel G ，Wirtz H ，Gillissen A ... -  《medizinische klinik》

[Idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis in a one-year-old girl with Down syndrome].

Lewis AE ，Høi-Hansen CE ，Buchvald F ，Petersen W ... -  《-》