Fulminant Hepatic Failure With Minimal Alcohol Consumption in a 25-Year-Old Female With Hereditary Hemochromatosis: A Rare Case.

Authors

Ali Tariq Alvi, HCA HealthcareFollow
Luis E. Santiago, HCA HealthcareFollow
Zahid Nadeem, HCA HealthcareFollow
Ali Chaudhry, HCA HealthcareFollow

Division

East Florida

Hospital

Northwest Medical Center

Document Type

Case Report

Publication Date

9-1-2023

Keywords

alcohol use, fulminant hepatic failure, hereditary hemochromatosis, iron overload, young patients

Disciplines

Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities | Critical Care | Internal Medicine

Abstract

Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is an inherited disorder in which organ damage and other clinical manifestations are commonly seen in patients with a homozygous mutation involving

Publisher or Conference

Cureus

Recommended Citation

Alvi AT, Santiago LE, Nadeem Z, Chaudhry A. Fulminant Hepatic Failure With Minimal Alcohol Consumption in a 25-Year-Old Female With Hereditary Hemochromatosis: A Rare Case. Cureus. 2023;15(9):e44544. doi:10.7759/cureus.44544