J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 60(7): 1230-1245, 1959
STUDIES ON IRON METABOLISM IN SURGERY OF THE SPLEEN AND IN SURGERY OF THE PORTAL SYSTEM
Ⅱ. IRON METABOLISM IN PATIENTS WITH PORTAL HYPERTENSION
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Department of Surgery, Tokyo University School of Medicine (Director: Prof. S. Kimoto) Hiroshi KAMEYAMA |
2) Reutilization of iron originated from the transfused blood was not enough and the iron was accumulated in the liver and the spleen.
3) Hypoferremia associated with portal hypertension was due to reduction of per centage of ferritin in the liver and the spleen.
4) There was not disturbance of absorption for reduced iron.
5) Patients with portal hypertension were not simple iron deficiency anemias.
6) Abnormalities of iron metabolism with portal hypertension, especially hypoferremia, was not improved by splenectomy and portacaval shunt etc..
(author's abstract)
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