Sideroblastic anaemia associated with iron overload treated by repeated phlebotomy.
Iron overload with prominent skin pigmentation and hepatic parenchymal siderosis is reported in a patient with refractory sideroblastic anaemia. Failure to reverse the sideroblastic changes or the anaemia with conventional therapy prompted us to use a graded phlebotomy programme. The rising haemoglobin level in spite of repeated venesections is support for this approach in selected patients with this diagnosis.
D000368:Aged; D000756:Anemia, Sideroblastic / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D001815:Bloodletting; D006432:Hemochromatosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male