Case 11-1988
- 17 March 1988
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 318 (11) , 691-698
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198803173181108
Abstract
Presentation of CaseA 44-year-old woman was seen at this hospital because of thrombocytosis.She was well until six months earlier, when anorexia developed and she lost 4.5 kg in weight.Two months before entry evaluation elsewhere showed that the hematocrit was 30.6 percent; the white-cell count was 9900, with 39 percent neutrophils, 2 percent band forms, 38 percent lymphocytes, 6 percent atypical lymphocytes, 6 percent monocytes, 5 percent eosinophils, and 4 percent basophils. The mean corpuscular volume (MCV) was 80 μm3 per cell, the mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) 24.4 pg per red cell, and the mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration . . .Keywords
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