08-21-2005, 09:46 PM
hi,
TIBC is the opposite of serum ferritin, not serum iron.
e.g. in anemia of chronid disease, serum iron is low and TIBC is low as well..
you need to remember about sideroblastic anemia that it is the only anemia with high serum iron becuase it's defect in heme synthesis so there is iron overload.
and serum ferritin is high as well so TIBC is low.
TIBC is the opposite of serum ferritin, not serum iron.
e.g. in anemia of chronid disease, serum iron is low and TIBC is low as well..
you need to remember about sideroblastic anemia that it is the only anemia with high serum iron becuase it's defect in heme synthesis so there is iron overload.
and serum ferritin is high as well so TIBC is low.