A 24-year-old man is found to have an increased total body iron concentration. Biopsy of his liver shows large amounts of granular golden- brown pigment which stains blue with prussian blue stain. The presence of which one of the following diseases best explains these findings?
Hemophilia The studies indicated that this patient has an accumulation of iron-containing pigment in his liver. One of the causes of this is multiple transfusions which increases the total iron load on the body. A patient with hemophilia . typically requires multiple blood transfusions over the years.
Systemic amylodosis
Chronic congestive hea failure
Advanced atrophy
Hemophilia