Transfusion hemosiderosis

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Transfusion hemosiderosis Classification and external resources
ICD-9	999.8

Transfusional hemosiderosis is the accumulation of iron in the liver and/or heart but also endocrine organs, in patients who receive frequent blood transfusions (such as those with thalassemia, sickle cell disease, aplastic anemia or myelodysplastic syndrome).

Contents 1 Treatment 2 Notable patients 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Treatment

Treatment is by iron chelating agents: deferoxamine,^[1] deferiprone or deferasirox. If iron overload has caused end-organ damage, this is generally irreversible and may require transplantation.

[edit] Notable patients

Ted DeVita, the "bubble boy", died of transfusional iron overload from too many blood transfusions.

[edit] See also

• Hemosiderosis

[edit] References