Clinical question about anemia

[Bluesaurus]

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If a person has high ferritin, low iron and low transferrin, what picture does that paint? Anemia of chronic disease?

 

[turkeyjerky]

that's the textbook picture of ACD

 

[Ms MD]

Yes, you got it - ACD! 🙂

 

[Kuba]

btw, a point made about ACD that changes form step 1 studying to real life clinicals: ACD is normally NORMOCYTIC, and only gets MICROCYTIC when severe. I think I read a journal article once that said hemoglobin has to be <8 before it gets microcytic, but don't quote me on that. I know all the board review books group it under microcytic.