Successful treatment of hemochromatosis with renal tubular dysgenesis in a preterm infant.
We report the first surviving case of neonatal hemochromatosis with renal tubular dysgenesis. Renal failure was treated with peritoneal dialysis. Although hepatic failure from neonatal hemochromatosis was progressive, repeated exchange transfusions improved jaundice and coagulopathy. The patient gained weight and received a liver transplantation from her father.
Division of Neonatology, Maternal and Perinatal Center, Toyama University Hospital 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan.
Uta
U
Koura
Division of Neonatology, Maternal and Perinatal Center, Toyama University Hospital 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan.
Shinjiro
S
Horikawa
Division of Neonatology, Maternal and Perinatal Center, Toyama University Hospital 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan.
Mako
M
Okabe
Division of Neonatology, Maternal and Perinatal Center, Toyama University Hospital 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan.
Yukako
Y
Kawasaki
Division of Neonatology, Maternal and Perinatal Center, Toyama University Hospital 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan.
Masami
M
Makimoto
Department of Transplant Surgery, Jichi Medical University Hospital 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi-ken, 329-0498, Japan.
Koichi
K
Mizuta
Division of Neonatology, Maternal and Perinatal Center, Toyama University Hospital 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan.
Taketoshi
T
Yoshida
Liver transplantation; neonatal hemochromatosis; peritoneal dialysis; renal tubular dysgenesis