Hemochromatosis associated with side-to-side portacaval shunt

Plumb, V.; Ho, K.J.; Mihas, A.A.

Southern Medical Journal 70(11): 1369-1373

1977


ISSN/ISBN: 0038-4348
PMID: 918706
Document Number: 113256
A patient is described who developed the full-blown picture of hemochromatosis 24 months after a side-to-side portacaval shunt. No clear-cut explanation for this rapid development of hemochromatosis is apparent and a possible mechanism for this phenomenon is discussed.

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