Iron Deficiency vs. Sideroblastic Anemia

	Iron Deficiency	Sideroblastic Anemia
MCV	Reduced proportional to degree of anemia	Very low in congenital type
Serum Iron	Reduced	Raised
TIBC	Raised	Normal or low
Serum Ferritin	Reduced	Raised
Bone Marrow Iron Stores	Absent	Present;often increased
Erythroblast Iron	Absent	Ringed Sideroblasts

Hematopathology ; Department of Pathology ; or Tulane University Medical Center .

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by Robert McLay