Hemosiderosis historical perspective

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

IPH was first described as “brown lung induration” by Rudolf Virchow in 1864 in patients after their death. Wilhelm Ceelen gave a more detailed description of the condition after autopsies revealed large amounts of hemosiderin in 2 children in 1931. In 1944, the antemortem diagnosis was made by Waldenstrom.

• IPH was first described as “brown lung induration” by Rudolf Virchow in 1864 in patients after their death.^[1]
• Wilhelm Ceelen gave a more detailed description of the condition after autopsies revealed large amounts of hemosiderin in 2 children in 1931.
• In 1944, the antemortem diagnosis was made by Waldenstrom

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