Molecular Haematology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine Department of Cardiology, Oxford, UK.
Br J Haematol. 2011 Aug;154(4):521-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08749.x. Epub 2011 Jun 21.
Transfusion-dependent myelodysplastic (MDS) patients are prone to iron overload. We evaluated 43 transfused MDS patients with T2* magnetic resonance imaging scans. 81% had liver and 16·8% cardiac iron overload. Liver R2* (1000/T2*), but not cardiac R2*, was correlated with number of units transfused (r=0·72, P<0·0001) and ferritin (r=0·53, P<0·0001). The area under the curve of a time-ferritin plot was found to be much greater in patients with cardiac iron loading (median 53·7x10(5) Megaunits vs. 12·2x10(5) Megaunits, P=0·002). HFE, HFE2, HAMP or SLC40A1 genotypes were not predictors of iron overload in these patients.
依赖输血的骨髓增生异常综合征(MDS)患者容易发生铁过载。我们对 43 例接受 T2磁共振成像扫描的输血 MDS 患者进行了评估。81%的患者存在肝脏铁过载,16.8%的患者存在心脏铁过载。肝脏 R2(1000/T2*)与输血单位数(r=0.72,P<0.0001)和铁蛋白(r=0.53,P<0.0001)呈正相关,但心脏 R2*无此相关性。我们发现,在存在心脏铁负荷的患者中,时间-铁蛋白图的曲线下面积明显更大(中位数 53.7x10(5) Megaunits 比 12.2x10(5) Megaunits,P=0.002)。在这些患者中,HFE、HFE2、HAMP 或 SLC40A1 基因型并不是铁过载的预测因素。