Hemochromatosis affects all of the following organs except:
Deposition of hemosiderin in the following organs (in decreasing order of severity):- Liver cirrhosis Pancreas fibrosis Myocardium Pituitary gland Adrenal gland Thyroid -Skin pigmentation is paially attributable to hemosiderin deposition in dermal macrophages and fibroblasts, most of the pigmentation results from increased epidermal melanin production -In the liver, iron becomes evident first as golden-yellow hemosiderin granules in the cytoplasm of peripoal hepatocytes that stain with Prussian blue
Liver
Pancreas
Hea
Salivary gland
Bilirubin Metabolism