Diagnosaurus
Polycythemia vera
DDx
Other myeloproliferative disorder
- Chronic myelogenous leukemia
- Myelofibrosis
- Essential thrombocytosis
- Relative ("spurious") polycythemia
- Hypoxia: cardiac disease, pulmonary disease, high altitude
- Carboxyhemoglobin (smoking)
- Renal cyst or hydronephrosis
- Erythropoietin-secreting tumors (rare): renal cell or hepatocellular carcinoma, adrenal tumor, cerebellar hemangioma, uterine leiomyoma
- Abnormal hemoglobins (rare)
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Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Polycythemia Vera." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2015. Medicine Central, im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114657/1/Polycythemia_vera.
Zeiger RFR. Polycythemia vera. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114657/1/Polycythemia_vera. Accessed June 3, 2023.
Zeiger, R. F. (2015). Polycythemia vera. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114657/1/Polycythemia_vera
Zeiger RFR. Polycythemia Vera [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. [cited 2023 June 03]. Available from: https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114657/1/Polycythemia_vera.
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