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         | Clinical Pathological Correlations > Current Correlation The patient is a previously term, 5 week old white female born to a 26 year old G3 P1 mother with a history of two prior spontaneous abortions. She was found to be persistently jaundiced after birth and admitted to an outside hospital. A workup showed iron deposition in the liver and pancreas as well as a markedly elevated serum ferritin, leading to a working diagnosis of neonatal hemochromatosis. At three weeks of age, the baby was transferred to Saint Louis Children's Hospital secondary to fulminant liver failure.    Diagnosis and Discussion. | ||
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