How would you approach the management of a patient with elevated iron saturation (60%) and ferritin (500s) with negative genetic testing for hemochromatosis?
What kind of further monitoring do you perform?
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Hepatology · Northwestern Memorial Hospital
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I would approach this clinical scenario in the following manner:
Always starting with good medical and family history first.
- Is there any history compatible with secondary hemochromatosis (i.e., history of blood or multiple iron transfusions)?
- Could the patient be tested for other non-282Y genetic ...
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