PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Martin A Crook
AU  - Patrick L C Walker
TI  - Extreme hyperferritinaemia; clinical causes
AID  - 10.1136/jclinpath-2012-201090
DP  - 2013 May 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 438--440
VI  - 66
IP  - 5
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/66/5/438.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/66/5/438.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol2013 May 01; 66
AB  - There are many causes of raised serum ferritin concentrations including iron overload, inflammation and liver disease to name but a few examples. Cases of extreme hyperferritinaemia (serum ferritin concentration equal to or greater than 10 000 ug/l) are being reported in laboratories but the causes of this are unclear. We conducted an audit study to explore this further. Extreme hyperferritinaemia was rare with only 0.08% of ferritin requests displaying this. The main causes of extreme hyperferritinaemia included multiple blood transfusions, malignant disease, hepatic disease and suspected Still's disease.