title: [Chronic progressive polycythemia and thrombocytosis].
abstract: The 73-year-old female patient presented with chronic progressive erythrocytosis diagnosed 5 years ago which now is accompanied by thrombocytosis. She complains about generalised itching, pain in distal limbs and shows marked plethora. Having excluded major causes of secondary erythrocytosis the diagnosis was polycythaemia vera with a typical constellation of symptoms, findings and course of disease. Under treatment with 5-Hydroxyurea and repeated phlebotomy thrombocyte count and haematocrit normalised and the patient recovered her usual vitality. Limb pain, itching and plethora disappeared.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Universitäts-Poliklinik, Bonn.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Forkert
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fronhoffs
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tschubel
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vetter
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006918:Hydroxyurea / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018962:Phlebotomy; D011087:Polycythemia Vera / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D013922:Thrombocytosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D006918:Hydroxyurea