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*[http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/orfpath/11-3-10.jpg Caroli disease (meddean.luc.edu)].<ref>URL: [http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/orfpath/develop.htm http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/orfpath/develop.htm]. Accessed on: 1 December 2011.</ref> | *[http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/orfpath/11-3-10.jpg Caroli disease (meddean.luc.edu)].<ref>URL: [http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/orfpath/develop.htm http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/orfpath/develop.htm]. Accessed on: 1 December 2011.</ref> | ||
==Hereditary hemochromatosis== | ==Hereditary hemochromatosis== | ||
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*[[Cholangiocarcinoma]]. | *[[Cholangiocarcinoma]]. | ||
*[[Angiosarcoma]]. | *[[Angiosarcoma]]. | ||
==Secondary hemochromatosis== | |||
:''For the hereditary one see [[hereditary 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]]''. | |||
=See also= | =See also= | ||