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Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia

 ISSN 0873-2159

ALMEIDA, Marta Pinto de; REIS, Guilhermina    GUEDES, Margarida. Hydroxychloroquine in pediatric idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis: A case report. []. , 12, 1, pp.79-84. ISSN 0873-2159.

The authors present the case of a child with severe idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis who after having begun treatment with hydroxychloroquine had a significant and lasting improvement. The efficacy of this therapeutic is pointed out. They also report the occurrence of clinical exacerbation, with hemoptysis, after receiving an influenza vaccine.

: Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis; hydroxychloroquine; influenza vaccine; children.

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