Hemochromatosis in an Adult Female With Previous Iron Deficiency Anemia on Iron Supplementation.
bronze diabetes
follow-up recommendations
hemochromatosis
iron deficiency anemia
iron overload cardiomyopathy
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2023
Dec 2023
Historique:
accepted:
08
12
2023
medline:
8
1
2024
pubmed:
8
1
2024
entrez:
8
1
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
A 56-year-old female presented with a diagnosis of iron deficiency anemia over three years prior (on oral iron supplementation) and presented with altered mental status. She was admitted to the Coronary Care Unit for troponinemia and T-wave inversions. Two-dimensional echocardiography revealed hypokinesia of the left ventricle (LV) anterior wall with reduced ejection fraction. The patient was stabilized on metoprolol and heparin infusions, but heparin was discontinued after iron studies revealed overload (iron: 159 ug/dL, 100% saturation, ferritin: 1480 ng/mL). Cardiac MRI revealed mixed concentric-eccentric LV hypertrophy, raising concern for severe iron overload. Mutation analysis of the
Identifiants
pubmed: 38186413
doi: 10.7759/cureus.50166
pmc: PMC10771745
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
e50166Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023, Yerigeri et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.