What is the most likely diagnosis in a patient that has anemia, heme + stools and RLQ mass?
Colon cancer
The anemia of chronic disease is usually?
Normocytic
The RDW would be elevated in?
An Fe deficient anemia
What test reflects our storage of iron and is also an acute phase reactant?
Ferritin
When is the reticulocyte count typically elevated?
Fe deficient anemia and in Hemolysis
What physical exam findings are consistent with Fe deficient anemia?
Spoon nails
T/F The anemia of chronic disease has a low Fe and low TIBC with normal ferritin.
True
T/F Fe deficiency anemia usually has a low Fe, high TIBC, and low ferritin.
True