Iron overload in a teenager with xerocytosis: the importance of nuclear magnetic resonance imaging

To report a case of iron overload secondary to xerocytosis, a rare disease in a teenager, diagnosed, by T2* magnetic resonance imaging. We report the case of a symptomatic patient with xerocytosis, a ferritin level of 350ng/mL and a significant cardiac iron overload. She was diagnosed by T2* magneti...

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Autores principales: de Assis, Reijâne Alves, Kassab, Carolina, Seguro, Fernanda Salles, Costa, Fernando Ferreira, Silveira, Paulo Augusto Achucarro, Wood, John, Hamerschlak, Nelson
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4880395/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24488397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1679-45082013000400022

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4880395/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24488397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1679-45082013000400022

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