excessive total body iron manifest as increased serum iron and/or hepatocellular iron
mild erythrocytosis
urine shows marked increase of uroporphyrin but only slight increase in coproporphyrin; may exhibit characteristic pink red fluorescence when illuminated with a Wood's lamp
slight increase in coproporphyrin in stool
increased plasma protoporphyrin
liver function tests may be abnormal - elevated transaminase and γ-glutamyl transpeptidase levels (1)
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