Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Popquiz

Question: What endocrine gland produces ferritin?

Answer: None.
That was a trick question. Ferritin is not a hormone, but someone should tell that to the doctor who referred a 75 year old man to me who had to drive 2 hours for the consult. As it turns out he's iron-deficient from something else, suspicious for an occult lower GI malignancy.