All of the following conditions are acquired causes of iron overload, EXCEPT:: (A) Sideroblastic anemia, (B) Chronic Hepatitis C, (C) Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, (D) Hypothyriodism
Answer is D. These are some of the impoant examples of Acquired Iron Overload Iron-loading anemias Chronic hemolytic anemia Chronic liver disease Thalassemia major Sideroblastic anemia Chronic Hepatitis C Alcoholic cirrhosis, especially when advanced Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis Porphyria cutanea tarda Dysmetabolic iron overload syndrome Post-poacaval shunting Aceruloplasminemia Congenital atransferrinemia Ref: Harrison, Edition-18, Page-3162.