title: Asymptomatic essential thrombocythemia: a case report.
abstract: Essential thrombocythemia (ET) is a clonal disorder of unknown etiology involving multipotent hematopoietic progenitor cell and belongs to the spectrum of chronic myeloproliferative disorders (CMPD). It is rarest of the CMPD with no case reported from India. The case being presented was detected incidentally during routine investigations in an adult female who presented with mild abdominal discomfort.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Motilal Nehru Medical College, Allahabad, U.P.
authors.forename: Meenu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kapoor
authors.forename: Vatsala
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Misra
authors.forename: Mamta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Ravi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mehrotra
authors.forename: Manisha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dwivedi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001773:Blood Cells / Q000473:pathology; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D013920:Thrombocythemia, Essential / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology