Idiopathic hemochromatosis: case report of a patient presenting with neurologic symptoms.

ABSTRACT

Idiopathic hemochromatosis is an iron-storage disease more common in men than in women. It is characterized clinically by diabetes mellitus, cirrhosis of the liver, pigmentation of the skin and cardiac failure. The diagnosis may be overlooked when the presenting symptoms do not follow the pattern. A case is reported which was diagnosed after an onset that featured neurologic symptoms.