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.

Central retinal artery occlusion

Blockage of blood flow in the central retinal artery.


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PMID (PMCID)
25401994
 MALE Middle Aged
Jak2 mutation-positive polycythemia vera presenting as central retinal artery occlusion.
Dhrami-Gavazi E, Lee W, Horowitz JD, Odel J, Mukkamala SK, Blumberg DM, Weiss M, Winn BJ.
Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2015;9(2):127-30.
Despite an initially normal hematocrit, the etiology of the central retinal artery occlusion and that of the nearly concomitant stroke in the right medial cerebral artery territory was confirmed by bone marrow biopsy to be polycythemia vera (positive JAK2 mutation).
25401994
 MALE Middle Aged
Jak2 mutation-positive polycythemia vera presenting as central retinal artery occlusion.
Dhrami-Gavazi E, Lee W, Horowitz JD, Odel J, Mukkamala SK, Blumberg DM, Weiss M, Winn BJ.
Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2015;9(2):127-30.
Jak2 mutation-positive polycythemia vera presenting as central retinal artery occlusion.