Siderosis

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Siderosis
Classification and external resources
Iron
ICD-10	J 63.4
ICD-9	503
MeSH	D012806

Siderosis is the deposition of iron in tissue.

When used without qualification, it usually refers to an environmental disease of the lung.

Also Siderosis Bulbi, deposition of iron into the eye causing injury as the material chemically reacts with tissues and cells.

1 Causative agent
2 Pathophysiology
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Causative agent

Iron oxide present in welding material, foundries, iron ore mining. It can also be caused by powdered hematite, sometimes used by Egyptians to protect tombs.

[edit] Pathophysiology

Similar in pathophysiology to Asbestosis

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

-1972699106 at GPnotebook

Pathology of respiratory system (J, 460–519), respiratory diseases

Upper RT
(including URTIs,
Common cold)

Head	sinuses: Sinusitis nose: Rhinitis (Vasomotor rhinitis, Atrophic rhinitis, Hay fever) · Nasal polyp · Rhinorrhea · nasal septum (Nasal septum deviation, Nasal septum perforation, Nasal septal hematoma) tonsil: Tonsillitis · Adenoid hypertrophy · Peritonsillar abscess

Neck	pharynx: Pharyngitis (Strep throat) · Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) · Retropharyngeal abscess larynx: Croup · Laryngitis · Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) · Laryngospasm vocal folds: Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) · Vocal fold nodule · Vocal cord paresis · Vocal cord dysfunction epiglottis: Epiglottitis trachea: Tracheitis · Tracheal stenosis

Lower RT/lung disease
(including LRTIs)

Bronchial/
obstructive

acute: Acute bronchitis

chronic: COPD (Chronic bronchitis, Acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis, Acute exacerbation of COPD, Emphysema) · Asthma (Status asthmaticus, Aspirin-induced, Exercise-induced) · Bronchiectasis

unspecified: Bronchitis · Bronchiolitis (Bronchiolitis obliterans) · Diffuse panbronchiolitis

Interstitial/
restrictive
(fibrosis)

External agents/ occupational lung disease	Pneumoconiosis (Asbestosis, Baritosis, Bauxite fibrosis, Berylliosis, Caplan's syndrome, Chalicosis, Coalworker's pneumoconiosis, Siderosis, Silicosis, Talcosis, Byssinosis) Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (Bagassosis, Bird fancier's lung, Farmer's lung, Lycoperdonosis)

Other	ARDS · Pulmonary edema · Löffler's syndrome/Eosinophilic pneumonia · Respiratory hypersensitivity (Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis) Hamman-Rich syndrome · Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis · Sarcoidosis

Obstructive or
restrictive

Pneumonia/
pneumonitis

By pathogen	Viral · Bacterial (Pneumococcal, Klebsiella) / Atypical bacterial (Mycoplasma, Legionnaires' disease, Chlamydiae) · Fungal (Pneumocystis) · Parasitic · noninfectious (Chemical/Mendelson's syndrome, Aspiration/Lipid)

By vector/route	Community-acquired · Healthcare-associated · Hospital-acquired

By distribution	Broncho- · Lobar

IIP	UIP · DIP · BOOP-COP · NSIP · RB

Other

Atelectasis · circulatory (Pulmonary hypertension, Pulmonary embolism) · Lung abscess

Pleural cavity/
mediastinum

Pleural disease	Pleuritis/pleurisy Pneumothorax/Hemopneumothorax Pleural effusion: Hemothorax · Hydrothorax · Chylothorax · Empyema/pyothorax · Malignant Fibrothorax

Mediastinal disease	Mediastinitis · Mediastinal emphysema