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Liver biopsy (dyeing aniline blue, 100x)
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Liver biopsy revealed features of advanced fibrosis fulfilling histological criteria of cirrhosis and deposits of haemosiderin in hepatocytes, macrophages, and ductal epithelium (Figure 1).
Magnetic resonance imaging scan of the iron overloaded liver
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Despite putting the patient on a regular phlebotomy protocol his transferrin saturation and ferritin levels did not show significant improvement over the period of 2 years with marked iron overload of parenchymal organs on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans (Figure 2).