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... Read more
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