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What is a siderosis?

What is a siderosis? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (medicine) A form of pneumoconiosis caused by the inhalation of iron dust
  2. (medicine) The accumulation of hemosiderin in various organs of the body by people with a diet rich in iron
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Beta-globin mutations are associated with parenchymal siderosis and fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
Generalized siderosis with fibrosis of liver and pancreas in Cooley's anemia with observations on the pathogenesis of the siderosis and fibrosis.
In contrast, secondary causes bypass the governing mechanism in the gastrointestinal tract, for example transfusional siderosis.
Kupffer cell siderosis is evident on frozen section slides and corresponds to increased erythrocyte breakdown such as blood transfusion.

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