Extensive iron overload in bone marrow: A cause of pancytopenia in a thalassemia major patient – A case report

Extensive iron overload in bone marrow: A cause of pancytopenia in a thalassemia major patient – A case report

Iron overload-associated organ damage in transfusion-dependent anemias is a well-known phenomenon. Here, we discuss a case of 28-year-old, poorly chelated thalassemia major patient, whose blood workup revealed pancytopenia and moderately raised serum ferritin levels. His bone marrow examination was...

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Main Authors: Maria Ali, Sidra Asad Ali, Huma Mansoori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Asian Journal of Transfusion Science
Subjects:
bone marrow
iron overload
thalassemia major
Online Access:http://www.ajts.org/article.asp?issn=0973-6247;year=2020;volume=14;issue=2;spage=195;epage=197;aulast=Ali

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