Polycythemia vera

Polycythemia vera (PV) is an acquired myeloproliferative disorder characterized by an elevated absolute red blood cell mass caused by uncontrolled red blood cell production, frequently associated with uncontrolled white blood cell and platelet production.

Spontaneous abortion

A pregnancy that ends at a stage in which the fetus is incapable of surviving on its own, defined as the spontaneous loss of a fetus before the 20th week of pregnancy.


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PMID (PMCID)
12516687
 FEMALE Adult
Thrombocytosis and recurrent hepatic outflow obstruction (Budd-Chiari syndrome) after successful thrombolysis: case report and literature review.
Randi ML, Sartori MT, Luzzatto G, Ruzzon E, Boccagni P, Ragazzi R, Girolami A.
Clin Appl Thromb Hemost. 2002;8(4):369-74.
A 32-year-old woman is presented, with an intermittent increase in platelet count (526-725 x 10(9)/L), two previous spontaneous abortions and acute symptomatic occlusion of hepatic veins, and in whom a diagnosis of essential thrombocythemia was initially carried out in agreement with the polycythemia vera study group criteria.