The relationship between serum ferritin level and fibrosis and splenomegaly in myelofibrosis

xlomafota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader The relationship between serum ferritin level and fibrosis and splenomegaly in myelofibrosis Via American Journal of Blood Research Am J Blood Res. 2020 Dec 15;10(6):345-350. eCollection 2020. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Myelofibrosis (MF) is a disease in which the grade of bone marrow fibrosis increases in proportion to the degree of extramedullary hematopoiesis and splenomegaly. Associated with increased cytokines and inflammation, anemia deepens and an increase in serum ferritin levels is also expected. There are no studies addressing the relationship between ferritin and splenomegaly or fibrosis. In this study, the relationship between serum ferritin level and splenomegaly and bone marrow fibrosis was examined. MATERIAL AND METHOD: The study was performed retrospectively in 46 MF cases diagnosed between 2012 and 2020. MF was divided into 3 separate subgroups: Primary myelofibrosis, secondary myelofibrosis and myeloproliferative neoplasms (MDS/MPN) with myelodsplastic syndrome. RESULTS: Thirty (28.3%) of cases were PMF, 26 (56.5%) were SMF and 7 (15.2%) w ere MDS/MPN. There was no relation found between serum ferritin and splenomegaly in none of the cases or subgroup analysis (for PMF p: 0.564, for SMF p: 0.192, for MDS/MPN p: 0.364). There was a statistically significant relationship between serum ferritin and marrow fibrosis within the group of ages 60 years and older (p: 0.016). DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Disruption of hematopoiesis and progressive splenomegaly causes an increase in iron stores associated with an increased need for transfusion. This causes iron-related organ toxicity and bone marrow hematopoiesis disruption, leading to an increase in morbidity. We see that a significant relationship between ferritin and fibrosis has been revealed in the group aged 60 years and older. It is an unprecedented study in the literature in terms of both examining the relationship ferritin and fibrosis or splenomegaly and its results. PMID:33489443 | PMC:PMC7811910 View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.