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Transfusion hemosiderosis

MedGen UID:
541170
•Concept ID:
C0268064
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Transfusion Hemochromatosis; Transfusion Hemosiderosis; Transfusion induced iron overload
SNOMED CT: Transfusion hemosiderosis (69281008); Transfusion induced iron overload (69281008)

Definition

Accumulation of iron in internal organs that results from repeated blood transfusions. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVTransfusion hemosiderosis

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PubMed

Congenital erythroblastic hypoplasia. Treatment of transfusion hemosiderosis with desferrioxamine B.
Hildner FJ, Monto RW, Rebuck JW
Henry Ford Hosp Med J 1968 Summer;16(2):147-55. PMID: 5650037

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Lower limb pain in thalassemia.
Finsterbush A, Ferber I, Mogle P
J Rheumatol 1985 Jun;12(3):529-32. PMID: 4045851
CONGENITAL ERYTHROBLASTIC HYPOPLASIA; TREATMENT OF TRANSFUSION HEMOSIDEROSIS WITH DESFERRIOXAMINE B.
HILDNER FJ, MONTO RW, REBUCK JW
Henry Ford Hosp Med Bull 1964 Mar;12:5-13. PMID: 14129631
Calcium disodium EDTA in transfusion hemosiderosis.
GREENWALT TJ, AYERS VE
Am J Clin Pathol 1955 Mar;25(3):266-71. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/25.3.266. PMID: 14361322
Transfusion hemosiderosis; report of a case treated with BAL.
OHLSSON WT, KULLENDORFF GT, LJUNGBERG LK
Acta Med Scand 1953;145(6):410-8. PMID: 13079654

Diagnosis

Cyclical haematological changes in a case of hypopituitarism.
Nema R, Sengupta A, Kumar A, Wig N
BMJ Case Rep 2021 Aug 5;14(8) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-243421. PMID: 34353830Free PMC Article
Lower limb pain in thalassemia.
Finsterbush A, Ferber I, Mogle P
J Rheumatol 1985 Jun;12(3):529-32. PMID: 4045851

Therapy

Congenital erythroblastic hypoplasia. Treatment of transfusion hemosiderosis with desferrioxamine B.
Hildner FJ, Monto RW, Rebuck JW
Henry Ford Hosp Med J 1968 Summer;16(2):147-55. PMID: 5650037
Transfusion hemosiderosis. Report of a case treated with desferrioxamine-B.
Kaung DT
J Iowa Med Soc 1965 Jun;55(6):312-6. PMID: 5835475
BAL-therapy in transfusion hemosiderosis.
OHLSSON WT, WILANDER OM
Scand J Clin Lab Invest 1954;6(1):36-9. PMID: 13186783
Transfusion hemosiderosis; report of a case treated with BAL.
OHLSSON WT, KULLENDORFF GT, LJUNGBERG LK
Acta Med Scand 1953;145(6):410-8. PMID: 13079654

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