Heiner syndrome

Last revised by Bruno Di Muzio on 27 Jul 2022

The Heiner syndrome is a rare form of primary pulmonary hemosiderosis associated with an allergy to cow's milk. The syndrome includes:

  • rectal blood loss with hypochromic microcytic anemia
  • pulmonary infiltrates (often recurrent)
  • hypoproteinemia

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