Profound Thrombocytosis in a Patient With Iron-Lack Anemia
- 1 May 1989
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Southern Medical Association in Southern Medical Journal
- Vol. 82 (5) , 662-663
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-198905000-00033
Abstract
Platelet counts in excess of 1 million/cu mm are generally associated with a primary hematologic disorder such as a myeloproliferative syndrome. We describe a patient whose thrombocytosis (platelet count 1.6 million) was due solely to iron lack, and whose platelet count rapidly returned to normal with iron repletion. Clinicians are encouraged to consider reactive causes of thrombocytosis when evaluating platelet counts in excess of 1 million.Keywords
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