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*Light blue haze is not enough. | *Light blue haze is not enough. | ||
**NOT siderosis -- in Kupffer cells. | **NOT siderosis -- in Kupffer cells. | ||
Notes: | Notes: | ||
*Iron in the bile ducts and endothelium used to be though specific of hereditary hemochromatosis.<ref>MG. 17 September 2009.</ref> | *Iron in the bile ducts and endothelium used to be though specific of hereditary hemochromatosis.<ref>MG. 17 September 2009.</ref> | ||
**It is now thought to just reflect the severity of iron deposition, i.e. if the bile ducts and endothelium have iron - it is severe. | **It is now thought to just reflect the severity of iron deposition, i.e. if the bile ducts and endothelium have iron - it is severe. | ||
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*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hemosiderosis_high_mag.jpg Hemosiderosis - iron stain (WC)]. | |||
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case77/path.html Hemochromatosis (upmc.edu)]. | |||
===DDx=== | ===DDx=== | ||
*Myelodysplastic syndrome. | *[[Myelodysplastic syndrome]]. | ||
*Chronic hemolysis. | *Chronic hemolysis. | ||
*Alcohol. | *Alcohol. | ||