• See Also
  1. Iron Deficiency Anemia
  2. Hemochromatosis
  3. Acute Phase Reactant
  • Indications
  1. Evaluation for Iron Deficiency Anemia
  2. Screening for Hemochromatosis
  • Physiology
  1. Indicator of total body iron stores
    1. Most reliable indicator other than Bone Marrow
  2. Acute phase reactant
  • Interpretation
  • Normal
  1. Range: 18-300 ng/ml
  • 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)
  • Interpretation
  • Decreased
  1. Iron Deficiency Anemia