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.

Myeloid leukemia

A leukemia that originates from a myeloid cell, that is the blood forming cells of the bone marrow.


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PMID (PMCID)
6248977
MIXED_SAMPLE Adult
[Pyoderma gangrenosum and chronic myeloid leukemia. Two new cases (author's transl)].
Chevrant-Breton J, Verger JP, Queffeulou F, Leblay R.
Sem Hop. 1980;56(17-18):897-9.
It seems to have a bad prognosis in myeloid leukemia as in polycythemia vera, in which it appears lately as an evolution to myelofibrosis or acute leukemia transformation.