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Are there any possible scenarios where you would do phlebotomies for heterozygous hemochromatosis?
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Hematology · Georgetown University School of Medicine
The answer is yes but unusual. Occasionally, a heterozygote or double heterozygote will be weakly phenotypically positive. If the ferritin and TSAT (on overnight fasting sample) are high, I will. I prefer that blood donation be used but if not an option, I will take it. The iron parameters must be...
How do you approach the workup for a patient with persistently elevated inflammatory markers (CRP and ESR) whose history and exam do not point to a clear cause?
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Rheumatology · Berkshire Health Systems
Our hematologist/oncologist referred just such a patient. No evidence of malignancy, but elevated CRP &ESR. I did an “internist’s” workup as I would for dermatomyositis, starting with the most important and therefore most thorough aspect: taking a full and very “invasive” history, followed by a comp...