Siderosis

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

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, Deopsition of iron in the bulb Causing night blindness

Causative agent – Iron oxide present in welding material, foundries, iron ore mining.

Similar in pathophysiology to Asbestosis

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Upper RT
(including URTIs)

Acute	Common cold - Rhinitis - Sinusitis - Pharyngitis (Strep throat) - Tonsillitis - Laryngitis - Tracheitis - Croup - Epiglottitis

Other	nose disease (Vasomotor rhinitis, Hay fever, Atrophic rhinitis, Nasal polyp, Deviated septum) - Adenoid hypertrophy - Peritonsillar abscess - Vocal fold nodule - Laryngospasm

Lower RT
(including LRTIs)

Pneumonia	Viral - Bacterial - Bronchopneumonia

Other acute	Bronchitis (Acute, Chronic) - Bronchiolitis

Chronic	Emphysema - COPD - Asthma (Status asthmaticus) - Diffuse panbronchiolitis - Bronchiectasis

Lung diseases due to external agents	Pneumoconiosis (Asbestosis, Bauxite fibrosis, Berylliosis, Caplan's syndrome, Chalicosis, Coalworker's pneumoconiosis, Siderosis, Silicosis) - Byssinosis - Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (Bagassosis, Bird fancier's lung, Farmer's lung)

Other lung disease, principally affecting the interstitium	ARDS - Pulmonary edema - Löffler's syndrome - Eosinophilic pneumonia - Interstitial lung disease (Hamman-Rich syndrome, Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis)

Suppuration	Empyema - Lung abscess

Other	pleural disease/pleural effusion (Pneumothorax, Hemothorax, Hemopneumothorax, Hydrothorax) mediastinal disease (Mediastinal emphysema, Mediastinitis) Mendelson's syndrome - Atelectasis

Other/general