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MediSan 2012; 16 (07)

Essential thrombocythemia in a young woman

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Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 1059-1063
PDF size: 195.05 Kb.


ABSTRACT

The case report of a 35 year-old female who visited the Hematology Department from "Saturnino Lora Torres" Provincial Clinical Surgical Teaching Hospital in Santiago de Cuba, because of weakness, insomnia, as well as anemia suspicion and clotting disorders due to a history of intraabdominal bleeding, besides burning sensation in the distal phalanges of the hand fingers is described. The results of the laboratory tests confirmed the presence of chronic hematologic myeloproliferative neoplasm (essential thrombocythemia). After the initial therapeutic plan with hydroxiurea and Aspirin®, treatment was indicated with recombinant alpha-2b interferon, with which the number of platelets decreased gradually.


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