hemosiderosis (redirected from pulmonary hemosiderosis)

hemosiderosis /he·mo·sid·er·o·sis/ (-sid″er-o´sis) a focal or general increase in tissue iron stores without associated tissue damage.

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

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he·mo·sid·er·o·sis (hm-sd-rss)

n.

Abnormal accumulation of hemosiderin in tissue.

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Hemosiderosis

An overload of iron in the body resulting from repeated blood transfusions. Hemosiderosis occurs most often in patients with thalassemia.

Mentioned in: Iron Tests

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hemosiderosis

[hē′mōsid′ərō′sis, hem′-]

Etymology: Gk, haima + sideros, iron, osis, condition

an increased deposition of iron in a variety of tissues, usually in the form of hemosiderin and usually without tissue damage. It is often associated with diseases involving chronic, extensive destruction of red blood cells, such as thalassemia major. Compare hemochromatosis, sideroblastic anemia. See also ferritin, iron transport, siderosis, thalassemia, transferrin.

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hemosiderosis (hē´mōsid´rō´sis),

n a focal or general increase in tissue iron stores without associated tissue damage.

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hemosiderosis

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

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pulmonary hemosiderosis

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

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hemosiderosis

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