APPLIED RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -The human body stores iron in the form of ferritin and hemosiderin in liver, spleen, marrow, duodenum, skeletal muscle and other anatomic areas. Hemosiderin has been known as yellow-brownish granules that can be stained by Prussian blue in the tissue cells.

Detailed explanation-2: -The liver is a major storage organ of iron, in which excess iron is stored as ferritin and hemosiderin.

Detailed explanation-3: -Macrophages in the red pulp of the spleen destroy senescent red blood cells and recycle the stored iron to be further incorporated into maturating RBCs during erythropoiesis.