laboratory findings

Last reviewed 01/2018

• excessive total body iron manifest as increased serum iron and/or hepatocellular iron

• mild erythrocytosis

• urine shows marked increase of uroporphyrin but only slight increase in coproporphyrin; may exhibit characteristic pink red fluorescence when illuminated with a Wood's lamp

• slight increase in coproporphyrin in stool

• increased plasma protoporphyrin

• liver function tests may be abnormal - elevated transaminase and γ-glutamyl transpeptidase levels (1)

Reference:

• (1) Poulin V et al. 80-year-old man with anemia and blistering skin lesions. Mayo Clin Proc. 2004;79(9):1181-4