A Case of Erythrocytosis in a Patient Treated with an Aromatase Inhibitor for Breast Cancer [PDF]
A previously healthy 79-year-old female was referred to hematology for further evaluation of erythrocytosis. Two years earlier she had been diagnosed with ER/PR-positive ductal carcinoma of the breast and was receiving hormonal therapy with exemestane ...
Abhinav Iyengar, Dawn Sheppard
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Renal-Adenocarcinoma-Associated Erythrocytosis in a Cat [PDF]
A 9-year-old spayed female domestic shorthair cat was referred for erythrocytosis. Even after the correction of dehydration, blood analyses showed that there had been no improvement.
Sungjun Noh, Ji-Houn Kang*, Gonhyung Kim, Dongwoo Chang, Byeongwoo Ahn, Ki-Jeong Na and Mhan-Pyo Yang
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Erythrocytosis in congenital heart defects: hints for diagnosis and therapy from a clinical case [PDF]
Erythrocytosis is one of the most common abnormalities that clinical hematologists, general practitioners, and internal medicine specialists could have to face off in their routine clinical practice.
Oscar Borsani +5 more
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A Prospective Observational Study: Are There Any Relationships Between Erythrocytosis, Renal Tubular–Glomerular Functions, and Systemic Hypertension in Adolescent Male Idiopathic Erythrocytosis Patients? [PDF]
Background: Childhood hypertension is an important predictor of adult cardiovascular disease. Idiopathic erythrocytosis in adolescent males is characterized by elevated hemoglobin and hematocrit levels, which may increase blood viscosity and potentially ...
Nesrin Tas +3 more
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NGS Evaluation of a Bernese Cohort of Unexplained Erythrocytosis Patients [PDF]
: (1) Background: Clinical and molecular data on patients with unexplained erythrocytosis is sparse. We aimed to analyze the clinical and molecular features of patients with congenital erythrocytosis in our tertiary reference center.
Rovó, Alicia +13 more
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"The long journey of unexplained erythrocytosis". Erythrocytosis due to high oxygen affinity hemoglobinopathy - hemoglobin variant Little Rock (HBB: c.432C>A) - A report of a Swiss Family and review of the literature. [PDF]
The differential diagnosis of erythrocytosis is complex, involving a tailored algorithm. Congenital causes are rare and such patients commonly face a long journey looking for diagnosis.
Rovó, Alicia +5 more
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Genetic Background of Congenital Erythrocytosis [PDF]
True erythrocytosis is present when the red cell mass is greater than 125% of predicted sex and body mass, which is reflected by elevated hemoglobin and hematocrit. Erythrocytosis can be primary or secondary and congenital or acquired. Congenital defects
McMullin, Mary Frances +1 more
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Haematological parameters of blood donors with erythrocytosis [PDF]
Background: It is mandatory for all blood donors to have their haemoglobin values tested before blood donation. High haemoglobin levels may indicate an underlying hidden pathological condition.Aim: Our aim was to assess the frequency of erythrocytosis in
Ramli, M +6 more
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Medical dilemmas – erythrocytosis [PDF]
Erythrocytosis is defined not only by an increase in the erythrocyte count, hemoglobin concentration, and hematocrit value, but also by the occurrence of specific symptoms, the intensity and frequency of which depend on the character of the initial ...
Lewandowski, Krzysztof; Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland +1 more
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Myomatous erythrocytosis syndrome: A case series
Uterine leiomyomas are tumor-associated causes of secondary erythrocytosis. Ectopic erythropoietin production by fibroid smooth muscles has been proposed and demonstrated in the literature.
Glaiza S. de Guzman, Eileen M. Manalo
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