Medical Definition of Haemosiderosis / haemochromatosis
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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
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