Thrombocytosis and Thrombocythemia: The Laboratory and Clinical Significance of an Elevated Platelet Count

摘要: One hundred consecutive patients with elevated platelet counts (more than 500,000 per cu. mm.) seen in a 16-month period have been studied. Thirty-six were found to underlying malignant disease. Fifteen of the had recently undergone splenectomy, and four other major surgery. Five polycythemia vera, one patient chronic granulocytic leukemia. Iron deficiency anemia was associated thrombocytosis eight patients. There 24 miscellaneous benign conditions seven collagen disorders, usually rheumatoid arthritis. The disease frequently unexpected an important clue presence disseminated malignancy.