96150:IRON (Fe), LIVER TISSUE
Author PeaceHealth Laboratories
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| Alias Names: |
Metal / Metals |
| Methodology: |
Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) / Mass Spectrometry (MS) |
| Edit Date: |
1/24/2007 |
| Performed: |
Wednesday |
| Released: |
3-9 days after setup at PeaceHealth Laboratories’ reference lab. |
| CPT Code: |
83540-90 |
| Specimen Collection Details |
| Collection: |
Liver biopsy tissue collected in a royal blue trace element metal-free tube. Also acceptable: Paraffin block. |
| Stability: |
28 days ambient, 28 days refrigerated, or 2 months frozen. |
| Standard Volume: |
5 mg tissue |
| Minimum Volume: |
2 mg tissue |
| Transport: |
Refrigerated. |
| Comments: |
Iron Index results between 1.0-1.9 suggest mild iron accumulation (alcoholic liver disease or heterozygous hemochromatosis). Results greater than 1.9 indicate hemochromatosis (transfusion-related iron overload or homozygous hemochromatosis). Please note that all tissue is consumed and will not be returned to client.
MEDICARE MAY REQUIRE A SIGNED ADVANCE BENEFICIARY NOTICE (ABN) FOR THIS TEST |
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ICP/MS |
Male: 400-2200 ug/g drywt
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Female: 200-1600 ug/g drywt |
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CALC |
<1.0 umol/g/yr |
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