Article: Idiopathic Neonatal Haemochromatosis: A Case Report
Abstract:
A case of neonatal hemochromatosis is reported in a premature 35-week infant who presented at birth with coffee ground vomiting and gradual appearance of grayish icter and colorless stool. Neonatal hemochromatosis was confirmed by elevated ferritin levels and extrahepatic siderosis detected in liver biopsy.
S Besharat
Neonatalogist, Department of Paediatrics and Neonatology, Golestan University of Medical Sciences Gorgan
E Alaee
Neonatalogist, Department of Paediatrics and Neonatology, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan
Y Zahedpasha
Paediatric Research Center, Amirkola Children Hospital, Department of Paediatric, School of Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol
Keywords
Neonatal hemochromatosis, liver biopsy, serum ferritin
Identifier
https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v31i3.4966
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