Medical Definition of Haemosiderosis / haemochromatosis

1. Iron deposition due to abnormal metabolism or iron overload, primary abnormal iron metabolism, secondary alcoholic cirrhosis, multiple blood transfusions (e.g., Hb SS, thalassaemia) Findings: osteoporosis, chondrocalcinosis (calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease), arthropathy, resembles calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease arthropathy, distinctive feature: BEAK-like osteophytes at MCP jts, mottled increased density of liver and spleen, Definitions: haemosiderosis: haemosiderin deposition within cells, haemochromatosis: haemosiderin within cells AND interstitium (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Haemosiderosis / Haemochromatosis

haemorrhagins
haemorrhoid
haemorrhoidal
haemorrhoidal nerves
haemorrhoidal plexus
haemorrhoidal veins
haemorrhoidal zone
haemorrhoidectomy
haemorrhoids
haemosalpinx
haemoscope
haemoscopes
haemosialemesis
haemosiderin
haemosiderosis
haemosiderosis / haemochromatosis (current term)
haemosporidian
haemosporidium
haemosporina
haemosporines
haemostases
haemostasia
haemostasis
haemostat
haemostatic
haemostatic collodion
haemostatic forceps

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