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The article presents the results of clinical and laboratory studies on 29 children with geophagia, serious growth retardation, and delayed sexual maturation. Other findings in these children included iron deficiency anemia, mild to moderate liver changes and nonspecific intestinal mucosal changes. Many complications such as lead poisoning and intestinal parasitosis may follow the ingestion of unusual substances for food. Iron deficiency is seen frequently in such patients, although some investigators believe that the pica is the result of pre-existing iron deficiency rather that its cause.

Presents the clinical case of a six-year-old boy with Goodpasture's Syndrome or pulmonary hemosiderosis with nephritis. Complaints of pallor, respiratory distress, and palpitation; Fever for a short time in the past three months; Onset of sudden coughing 10 weeks later; Blood pressure; Respiratory wheezing and rhonchi in both lung fields; Bilateral papiledema.