Pulmonary Hemosiderosis Due to Mitral Valvular Heart Disease.
10.3348/jkrs.1999.40.1.73
- Author:
Eung Yeop KIM
1
;
Tae Sung KIM
;
Jongho HAN
;
Kyung Soo LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Mitral valve, regurgitation;
Lung, hemorrhage;
Lung, CT
- MeSH:
Heart Diseases;
Heart Valve Diseases*;
Hemosiderosis*;
Humans;
Hypertension;
Lung;
Middle Aged;
Radiography;
Thorax
- From:Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
1999;40(1):73-76
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We report a case of biopsy-proven secondary hemosiderosis of the lung in a 58-year-old patient with mitralvalvular heart disease. Both chest radiography and high-resolution CT demonstrated patchy areas of ground-glassopacity; the former indicated that it was in both lungs, while the latter showed inter- and intralobular septalthickening. These findings were reversible when pulmonary venous hypertension was corrected.
