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+==Secondary hemochromatosis==
+===General===
+*Iron overload secondary to blood transfusions for hereditary or acquired anemia.<ref name=pmid19727383/>
+**Primary hemochromatosis due to a defect in iron processing, i.e. [[hereditary hemochromatosis]].
+*Imaging considered the best test, as iron deposition is patchy.<ref name=pmid19727383/>
+Selected hereditary causes:<ref name=pmid19727383>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Gattermann | first1 = N. | title = The treatment of secondary hemochromatosis. | journal = Dtsch Arztebl Int | volume = 106 | issue = 30 | pages = 499-504, I | month = Jul | year = 2009 | doi = 10.3238/arztebl.2009.0499 | PMID = 19727383 | PMC = 2735704 | URL = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/pmc/articles/PMC2735704/?tool=pubmed}}</ref>
+*Thalassemia.
+*[[Sickle cell anemia]].
+*Hereditary sideroblastic anemia.
+Selected acquired causes:<ref name=pmid19727383/>
+*[[Myelodysplastic syndromes]]
+*Myelofibrosis
+*Aplastic anemia, intractable.
+===Microscopic===
+:See ''[[hereditary hemochromatosis]]''.
 ==Hereditary hemochromatosis==
+:''For secondary causes see [[secondary hemochromatosis]]''.
 ===General===
 Epidemiology: