Twelve-year remission of polycythemia vera following Hodgkin's disease and chemotherapy.
Polycythemia vera is a condition characterized by the overproduction of red blood cells, and in many cases of leukocytes and platelets as well, in the absence of hypoxia or other known inciting factors. The association of polycythemia vera and acute leukemia is well known, but the author is unaware of prior reports of polycythemia vera and Hodgkin's disease concurrent in the same patient.
D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011087:Polycythemia Vera / Q000150:complications*; D013997:Time Factors; D014747:Vinblastine / Q000627:therapeutic use
D014747:Vinblastine; D003520:Cyclophosphamide