Mar 12, 2021
Magnetic resonance imaging of neonatal hemochromatosis
Pediatric radiology
Neonatal hemochromatosis is a rare condition that causes neonatal liver failure, frequently resulting in fetal loss or neonatal death. It is thought that most cases of neonatal hemochromatosis are caused by gestational alloimmune liver disease (GALD), with neonatal hemochromatosis being a phenotype of GALD rather than a disease process. Extrahepatic siderosis in the pancreas, myocardium, thyroid and minor salivary gland is a characteristic feature of neonatal hemochromatosis. There is also...