title: [Neurologic manifestations of polycythemia vera. Analysis of 24 cases and review of the literature].
abstract: Neurological symptoms (NS) of 33 patients diagnosed as suffering from polycythemia vera (PV) are described. 24 of them (73%) had NS at some point in their evolution, the most frequent being related to blood hyperviscosity (headache 51%, dizziness 36%, paresthesias 30%, sight alterations 21%). 5 patients had ictus (15%) and there were no bleeding symptoms in the nervous system. There were no significant differences (p greater than 0.05) in age, sex; hematocrit, platelet or volume of packed red cells, between patients with NS and those without NS. A complete remission of NS was obtained reducing the hematocrit, except in ictus patients. We did not find mortality, as a result of NS.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna y Hematología, Hospital Xeral de Lugo.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Corredoira Sánchez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: González López
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Cortés Laiño
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gomara García
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pérez Alvarez
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Casariego Vales
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: López Alvarez
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: García Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D011087:Polycythemia Vera / Q000150:complications*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Manifestaciones neurológicas de la policitemia vera. Análisis de 24 casos y revisión de la literatura.