Pathology teach and tell: neonatal hemochromatosis with massive hepatic necrosis.

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Neonatal hemochromatosis (NH) is an uncommon disorder clinicopathologically defined by severe liver disease of intrauterine onset associated with extrahepatic siderosis that spares reticuloendothelial elements. NH phenotypically is a similar disorder to hereditary hemochromatosis. However, its extremely early onset of liver failure makes it notably unique. Massive liver necrosis in the newborn is a rare...

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