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Polycythemia Vera
Polycythemia Vera
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Case: 75-Year-Old Man Diagnosed With Polycythemia Vera
January 2018
- A 75-year old man presents to PCP for routine evaluation; feels well but complains of pruritus exacerbated by hot showers
- PE: Unremarkable
- PMH: No prior history of thrombosis, hypertension managed with statin
- Lab values:
- HGB: 18.9 g/dL
- Hct: .56 L/L
- RBC: 68 x 1012/L
- WBC: 10.6 x 109/L
- Serum EPO: 4.1 mU/mL
- Bone Marrow biopsy declined
- Cytogenetics: JAK-V617Fmutation
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