Welder’s pulmonary hemosiderosis associated with systemic iron overload following exacerbation of acute adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma

• Published in: Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hematopathology Vol. 57; no. 2; pp. 74 - 78
• Main Authors: Imoto, Naoto, Shiraki, Akira, Furukawa, Katsuya, Tange, Naoyuki, Murase, Atsushi, Hayakawa, Masaya, Iwata, Yosuke, Kosugi, Hiroshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan The Japanese Society for Lymphoreticular Tissue Research 01.01.2017; JSLRT
• Subjects: Acute Disease; adult T-cell leukemia lymphoma; Case Study; Hemosiderosis - complications; Hemosiderosis - diagnosis; Hemosiderosis - pathology; Hemosiderosis, Pulmonary; Humans; Iron Overload - complications; Iron Overload - diagnosis; Iron Overload - pathology; Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell - pathology; Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell - therapy; Lung Diseases - complications; Lung Diseases - diagnosis; Lung Diseases - pathology; Male; Middle Aged; pulmonary hemosiderosis; systemic iron overload; welder’s lung; systemic iron overload; welder’s lung; pulmonary hemosiderosis; adult T-cell leukemia lymphoma

Herein, we describe a 61-year-old man diagnosed with pulmonary hemosiderosis following chemotherapy for acute adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL). Liver and heart biopsy confirmed hemosiderosis. ATLL progressed, and the patient died from multiorgan damage. Welder’s lung may have been involved in h...