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Chuvash erythrocytosis or Chuvash polycythemia is an autosomal recessive form of erythrocytosis endemic in patients from the Chuvash Republic in Russia. Chuvash erythrocytosis is associated with homozygosity for a C598T mutation in the von Hippel–Lindau gene ( VHL ), which is needed for the destruction of hypoxia-inducible factors in the ...
In oncology, polycythemia vera (PV) is an uncommon myeloproliferative neoplasm in which the bone marrow makes too many red blood cells. [1] The majority of cases [2] are caused by mutations in the JAK2 gene, most commonly resulting in a single amino acid change in its protein product from valine to phenylalanine at position 617.
Symptomatic features of paraneoplastic syndrome cultivate in four ways: endocrine, neurological, mucocutaneous, and hematological.The most common presentation is a fever (release of endogenous pyrogens often related to lymphokines or tissue pyrogens), but the overall picture will often include several clinical cases observed which may specifically simulate more common benign conditions.
erythrocytosis. increase in RBC, usually a part of polycythemia where RBC total mass is increased. Phenomenon related to cellular morphology. Microcytosis Small ...
289.82 Secondary hypercoagulable state; 289.83 Myelofibrosis; 289.84 Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia; 289.89 Other specified diseases of blood and blood-forming organs; 289.9 Unspecified diseases of blood and blood-forming organs
Erythrocytosis (increase in the number of red blood cells) Leukocytosis (increase in the number of white blood cells) Thrombocytosis (increase in the number of platelets) Myeloproliferative disorder; Transient myeloproliferative disease; Coagulopathies (disorders of bleeding and coagulation) Thrombocytosis; Recurrent thrombosis
Other signs and symptom may include haematuria; [10] loin pain; [10] abdominal mass; [12] malaise, which is a general feeling of unwellness; [12] weight loss and/or loss of appetite; [13] anaemia resulting from depression of erythropoietin; [10] erythrocytosis (increased production of red blood cells) due to increased erythropoietin secretion ...
Myomatous erythrocytosis syndrome (MES) is an uncommon gynecological disorder associated with isolated polycythemia and uterine fibroids. The primary feature of myomatous erythrocytosis syndrome is that hemoglobin goes back to its baseline level following the removal of the myoma .