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Tracey A. Rouault, MD

JAMA. 1993;269(24):3152-3154.

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SELECTED CASE

A 44-year-old man had shoulder and finger pain and consulted his local physician. Screening blood tests were obtained as part of the initial evaluation and revealed the following values: hemoglobin, 135 g/L; hematocrit, 0.40; serum iron, 37 µmol/L (209 µg/dL); transferrin, 2.19 g/L; transferrin saturation, 95%; and serum ferritin, 2430 µg/L. Liver function tests revealed the following values: aspartate aminotransferase, 43 U/L; alanine aminotranferase, 68 U/L; and alkaline phosphatase and bilirubin, normal. A liver biopsy was performed and examination of tissue sections revealed fatty metamorphosis and an increase in fibrous tissue in portal areas consistent with early cirrhosis. Large amounts of parenchymal iron were noted on Prussian blue staining, particularly in the periportal area.

The diagnosis based on the test results was hemochromatosis, and a phlebotomy program was initiated. The patient was referred to the National Institutes of Health where on physical examination the absence of frank arthritis . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 (Dr Rouault).

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