Summary of patients with diffuse alveolar damage and≥20% haemosiderin-laden macrophages in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid
| Patient No. | Age yrs | Sex | Diagnosis | BAL site | HLMs % | BAL–biopsy interval days | SLB site | Haemorrhage score# |
| 1 | 48 | M | Cocaine-induced | Lingula | 22 | 29 | LLL | 1 |
| 2 | 74 | M | Acute exacerbation of IPF | RML | 74 | 6 | LUL/LLL | 3 |
| 3 | 57 | M | Idiopathic pneumonia syndrome (Hodgkin’s disease) | LLL | 83 | 3 | RLL | 2 |
| 4 | 75 | M | Herpes simplex virus type1 pneumonia | RUL | 24 | 4 | RUL/RLL | 2 |
| 5 | 75 | M | Acute exacerbation of IPF | RML | 24 | 12 | RUL/RLL | 2 |
| 6 | 68 | M | Central venous catheter-related sepsis (multiple myeloma) | RML | 90 | 3 | RUL/RLL | 2 |
| 7 | 68 | F | Cytarabine-induced (acute myelogenous leukaemia) | RUL | 25 | 2 | RML/RLL | 1 |
BAL: bronchoalveolar lavage; HLM: haemosiderin-laden macrophage; SLB: surgical lung biopsy; IPF: idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; LLL: left lower lobe; LUL: left upper lobe; RLL: right lower lobe; RML: right middle lobe; RUL: right upper lobe; M: male; F: female. #: explained in Lung biopsy section.