Delayed diagnosis of polycythaemia vera in an adult female with non-cirrhotic portal hypertension

Polycythaemia vera (PV) is a rare myeloproliferative neoplasm characterized primarily by erythrocytosis and an increased risk of thrombosis. We report a case of PV in a 60-year-old female with diabetes mellitus (DM) and a past history of recurrent abdominal pain and documented oesophageal varices wh...

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Autores principales: Tachi, Kenneth, Ekem, Victor, Dei-Adomakoh, Yvonne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Ghana Medical Association 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9334950/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35919777
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v56i1.6
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Sumario:Polycythaemia vera (PV) is a rare myeloproliferative neoplasm characterized primarily by erythrocytosis and an increased risk of thrombosis. We report a case of PV in a 60-year-old female with diabetes mellitus (DM) and a past history of recurrent abdominal pain and documented oesophageal varices who was followed up for 2 years as a case of non-cirrhotic portal hypertension of unknown cause. PV was only diagnosed after persistent complaints of vaso-motor symptoms and better scrutiny of full blood count results.

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