title: [Joint diseases as the early clinical symptom of hemochromatosis].
abstract: In three patients arthropathy was the earliest symptom of hemochromatosis. Two of these patients had a precirrhotic stage of hemochromatosis. The liver histology of the third patient showed a beginning cirrhosis. The serum iron ranged from 212 to 260 micrograms/dl. The transferrin saturation was 95-100%. Serum iron and transferrin should be determined in all patients with arthralgias, since arthropathy may be the first clinical sign of hemochromatosis.
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006432:Hemochromatosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000097:blood; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014168:Transferrin / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D014168:Transferrin; D007501:Iron
vernacular_title: Gelenkbeschwerden als klinisches Frühsymptom der Hämochromatose.