CRP and anemia: Biochemistry demonstrated: microcytic anemia with hemoglobin of 108 g/L, mean corpuscular volume 72 fL, and ferritin 4557 μg/L; obstructive cholestasis with bilirubin of 164 umol/L, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) 2167 units/L, gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) 857 units/L, aspartate transaminase (AST) 225 units/L, and alanine transaminase (ALT) 301 units/L; modestly raised inflammatory markers with white cell count (WCC) of 12.77 × 109/L and C-reactive protein (CRP) 80 mg/L; and hypoalbuminemia (24 g/L) with a normal international normalized ratio (INR) of 1.2 and platelet count of 294 × 109/L.