Iron Studies in Microcytic Anaemia

8 Mar 20138 Mar 2013

Diagnosis Serum Iron Total Iron Binding Capacity Transferrin1 Serum Ferritin2 Iron deficiency anaemis Low High or Normal <16% <12ng/mL Anaemia of Chronic Disease Normal Low or Normal ≥16% High or…

Pappenheimer Bodies

2 Oct 20112 Oct 2011

Described by Pappenheimer in 1945, the Pappenheimer bodies are basophilic erythrocytic inclusions that are usually located at the periphery of the cell. They contain iron and stain with Prussian blue.…