title: Unusually high ferritin in a patient with obstructive jaundice.
abstract: An 81-year-old gentleman, who had evidence of extrahepatic biliary obstruction, was found to have a serum ferritin concentration of 10,892 μg/L, which later increased to more than 40,000 μg/L when he developed sepsis. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography was performed with stent insertion allowing drainage of the bile. The rising pattern of serum ferritin concentrations, bilirubin and alkaline phosphatase noted before the procedure was followed by a steep fall in these biochemical markers after the insertion of the stent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Biochemistry, Scunthorpe General Hospital, Cliff Gardens, Scunthorpe DN15 7BH, UK.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Sami
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Penston
authors.forename: Hiang L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Barlow
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D005293:Ferritins / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D041781:Jaundice, Obstructive / Q000097:blood* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D005293:Ferritins