Serum Ferritin

Aka: Serum Ferritin, Ferritin

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II. Indications

  1. Evaluation for Iron Deficiency Anemia
  2. Screening for Hemochromatosis

III. Physiology

  1. Indicator of total body iron stores
    1. Most reliable indicator other than Bone Marrow
  2. Acute phase reactant

IV. Interpretation: Normal

  1. Range: 18-300 ng/ml

V. Interpretation: Increased

  1. Inflammatory states
  2. Hyperthyroidism
  3. Liver disease (necrotic hepatocytes)
  4. Hodgkin's Lymphoma and Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
  5. Leukemia
  6. Breast Cancer
  7. Neuroblastomas
  8. Hemochromatosis
  9. Iron Supplementation
  10. Still's Disease (very high, Ferritin >5000)

VI. Interpretation: Decreased

  1. Iron Deficiency Anemia

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