Diffuse Hepatic Calcifications in a Transfusion-Dependent Patient with Beta-Thalassemia: A Case Report

Hepatic calcification is usually associated with infectious, vascular, or neoplastic processes in the liver. We report the first case of beta-thalassemia major with isolated diffuse hepatic calcification in a 23 year old woman, who had been transfusion-dependent since the age of 6 months. She was re...

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Main Authors: Forough Saki, Mohammad Reza Bordbar, Mohammad Hadi Imanieh, Mehran Karimi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2013-09-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences
Online Access:http://ijms.sums.ac.ir/index.php/IJMS/article/view/84