interesting iron profile: microcytic anemia, normal transferrin, elevated Ferritin ?
Have you ever seen a profile like this:
decreased H/H (9s/20s)
decreased MCV (60s)
normal Iron (serum)
normal TIBC
normal transferrin sat
elevated Ferritin (500s) [with no other inflammatory signs/symptoms/findings]
I can't quite put my finger on what pathology this is (if any). Hemochromatosis would have an elevated transferrin, and not likely to have a microcytic anemia, right? Are there mutations where Ferritin can hang on to iron too well, depriving hemoglobin synthesis...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: DrMetal Tags: Internal Medicine and IM Subspecialties Source Type: forums
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