A Case of Idiopathic Pulmonary Haemosiderosis with Myocarditis

Abstract

Idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis is a not uncommon condition characterized clinically by anaemia, haemoptysis, and radiological changes in the luing fields. It was first described by Ceelen (1931), and the clinical and pathological findings of the disease have been fully reviewed by Wyllie, Sheldon, Bodian and Barlow (1948). This case is presented because of the association of myocarditis with the pulmonary lesions of idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis. Case History The black rectangles on the diagram indicate the hospital admissions of the patient (Fig. 1). He was first seen at the age of 7 in 1950 when he complained of increasing tiredness and shortness of breath of fiv