The endoscopic appearance of focal gastric hemosiderosis as a brown macular patch resembling that of cutaneous iron deposition in hemochromatosis

Am J Gastroenterol. 2008 Jan;103(1):246-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01562_8.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
  • Female
  • Gastric Mucosa / pathology*
  • Hemochromatosis / complications
  • Hemochromatosis / diagnosis
  • Hemochromatosis / metabolism*
  • Hemosiderosis / complications
  • Hemosiderosis / diagnosis*
  • Hemosiderosis / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Iron / metabolism*
  • Photomicrography
  • Skin / metabolism*
  • Skin / pathology
  • Stomach Diseases / complications
  • Stomach Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Stomach Diseases / metabolism

Substances

  • Iron