A Young Adult with Unintended Acute Intravenous Iron Intoxication Treated with Oral Chelation: The Use of Liver Ferriscan for Diagnosing and Monitoring Tissue Iron Load

Acute iron intoxication (FeI) in humans has not been adequately studied. The manifestation of FeI, defined as a serum iron concentration >300 μg/dL (55 μmol/L) within 12 hours of ingestion, include various symptoms appearing in progressive stages. Systemic toxicity is expected with an intake of 6...

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Published in:Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis
Main Authors: Yassin, Mohamed, Soliman, Ashraf T, De Sanctis, Vincenzo, Moustafa, Abbas, Samaan, Sandra Abou, Nashwan, Abdulqadir
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore 2017
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5224804/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28101313
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2017.008
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