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?: (A) Systemic amylodosis, (B) Chronic congestive hea failure, (C) Advanced atrophy, (D) Hemophilia
Answer is D. 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.