ABSTRACT
Hemochromatosis is almost always a consequence of treatment for anemia in long term hemodialysis patients who have undergone frequent blood transfusions and iron therapy. Clinically, iron overload may be a serious problem for some maintenance hemodialysis patients and it may be manifested as organ dysfunctions. So, it is important to diagnose iron overload early and restrict blood transfusions and the administration of iron agents in these patients. We recently experienced one case of suspected primary hemochromatosis in a long term hemodialysis patient, and we evaluated the patient by checking the serum ferritin level and performing liver biopsy. Treatment with desferrioxamine was started with recombinant erythropoietin. We report on this case with a brief review of the literature.
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Humans , Anemia , Biopsy , Blood Transfusion , Deferoxamine , Erythropoietin , Ferritins , Hemochromatosis , Iron , Iron Overload , Kidney Failure, Chronic , Liver , Renal DialysisABSTRACT
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