Hemorragia Alveolar Difusa - a propósito de um caso clínico de Hemossiderose Pulmonar Idiopática.

ABSTRACTDue to its rarity, the diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is very often a forgotten diagnosis. The authors present a revision of this entity, in relation to a clinical case of a 71 years old men, who was admitted b) fever, dry cough, progressive respiratory failure and community-acquired pneumonia as admission’s diagnostic. The exams performed suggested DAH and after chirurgical pulmonary biopsy, idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis was established by exclusion.REV PORT PNEUMOL 1999; V (5): 499-50