The authors report a fatal case of essential pulmonary hemosiderosis in a 5 year old boy. The child showed typical signs of the disease with relapsing pulmonary attacks with hemoptysis and pronounced anemia of iron deficiency type. Huge amounts of hydrolyzable iron were found in the lungs.

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1951
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