How do you approach treatment of aceruloplasminemia with biallelic CP mutations and brain iron deposition?
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In a patient with genetically confirmed aceruloplasminemia and MRI evidence of brain iron deposition, what is your preferred management?
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Hematology · Rochester General Hospital
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These are difficult. If the hemoglobin is high enough, you can try phlebotomy, but anemia will often restrict this. Chelation is the only other treatment. The neurological decline is often relentless despite these efforts.
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