Vergleichende histochemische und biochemische Eisenbestimmungen im menschlichen Lebergewebe

Hütteroth, T. H.; Korb, G; Strohmeyer, G

doi:10.1007/bf01732917

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“…In all systems grade 0 indicates no haemosiderin. Some authors focus on the intensity of stainable haemosiderin iron (1,7,9,16,18,19) while others focus on the percentage of cells with stainable iron (2, 3, 4, 11,14). One author used both intensity and frequency in the grading system (6).…”

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Distribution of liver haemosiderin iron in 187 patients with various types of hepatic diseases

Graudal¹,

Milman²,

Galløe³

et al. 1996

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the distribution of haemosiderin iron in various regions of the liver (central, intermediary and peripheral hepatocytes, Kupffer cells, portal macrophages and bile duct epithelial cells) in 174 patients with different hepatic diseases (alcoholic cirrhosis (n=49), alcoholic steatosis (n=60), non‐alcoholic cirrhosis (n=16), acute hepatitis (n=20), clinically overt untreated hereditary haemochromatosis (n=3), miscellaneous disorders (n = 26)), and in 13 subjects with a normal liver biopsy. Furthermore, the relationship between liver haemosiderin iron, biochemical iron status markers and biochemical liver tests was investigated. In haemochromatosis iron was consistently present in all examined regions of the liver, and in 43% of patients with alcoholic liver disease haemosiderin was present in at least one region of the liver lobule. In 65% of patients with acute hepatitis, haemosiderin was present in macrophages and Kupffer cells. In other hepatic diseases and in normal livers, haemosiderin was rarely seen. Regression analyses showed a correlation between iron status markers in most patients, except in those with high serum aspartate aminotransferase levels. In conclusion, haemosiderin iron is distributed in a typical pattern in haemochromatosis, alcoholic liver disease and acute hepatitis. Both histochemical liver iron and serum ferritin are of value as indirect markers of liver iron stores in patients with moderate hepatocellular damage.

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confidence: 99%