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Postsplenectomy Thrombocythemia: An Unmasked Myeloproliferative Disorder
Author(s) -
JAMSHIDI KHOSROW,
ANSARI AZAM,
GARCIA MARIO C.,
SWAIM WILLIAM E.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1973.tb01702.x
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombocytosis , essential thrombocythemia , splenectomy , myeloproliferative disorders , plateletpheresis , platelet , gastroenterology , spleen , apheresis
Persistent postsplenectomy thrombocythemia should be differentiated from transient postsplenectomy thrombocytosis, as the former leads to hemorrhagic and thrombotic complications. The authors reviewed 29 cases of “postsplenectomy thrombocythemia” collected from the literature (1933–1970) and added 2 of their own. The data on these 31 cases indicate that the disease should be diagnosed and treated as primary thrombocythemia, present in masked form before splenectomy.