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Hemosiderosis
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hemosiderosis /he·mo·sid·er·o·sis/ (-sid?er-o´sis) a focal or general increase in tissue iron stores without associated tissue damage.
pulmonary hemosiderosis  the deposition of abnormal amounts of hemosiderin in the lungs, due to bleeding into the lung interstitium.

he·mo·sid·er·o·sis (hm-sd-rss)
n.
Abnormal accumulation of hemosiderin in tissue.

Hemosiderosis
An overload of iron in the body resulting from repeated blood transfusions. Hemosiderosis occurs most often in patients with thalassemia.
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hemosiderosis (hē´mōsid´rō´sis),
n a focal or general increase in tissue iron stores without associated tissue damage.

hemosiderosis
a focal or general increase in tissue iron (hemosiderin) stores without associated tissue damage.

pulmonary hemosiderosis
the deposition of abnormal amounts of hemosiderin in the lungs, due to bleeding into the lung interstitium.

hemosiderosis An iron overload syndrome arbitrarily differentiated from hemochromatosis by the reversible nature of the iron accumulation in the reticuloendothelial system. See Hemochromatosis.


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