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.

Lymphocytosis

Increase in the number or proportion of lymphocytes in the blood.


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PMID (PMCID)
12683904
 MALE
Hairy cell leukemia variant developing in a background of polycythemia vera.
Kelly NP, Alkan S, Nand S.
Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2003;127(4):e209-11.
We report a case of hairy cell leukemia variant developing in a background of polycythemia vera in a 77-year-old man who presented with lymphocytosis and splenomegaly.
3352840
 FEMALE Middle Aged
Sequential development of chronic lymphocytic leukemia in a patient with polycythemia vera.
Koza I, Babusikova O.
Neoplasma. 1988;35(1):77-80.
A patient with a seven-year history of polycythemia vera treated by repeated phlebotomies and intermittent busulfan administration developed gradually lymphocytosis accompanied by thrombocytopenia in peripheral blood and in the bone marrow.