[Iron chelate treatment of hereditary sideroblastic anemia complicated by hemochromatosis]. / Traitement chélateur du fer dans l'anémie sidéroblastique héréditaire compliquée d'hémochromatose.

In a child with sideroblastic anemia complicated with hemochromatosis, iron overload was successfully treated with slow subcutaneous perfusion of deferoxamine. A 28 month-treatment resulted in the inversion of iron balance, which became negative, and the normalization of serum ferritin and abdominal CT scan. These results indicate that deferoxamine perfusion 12/24 hrs is able to restrict or even to remove the iron overload, previously responsible for hemochromatosis, a factor of mortality in this disease.