title: Clinical presentation of a patient with congenital polycythemia.
abstract: The authors describe a 19 year old male with an isolated but absolute erythrocytosis with iron deficiency without evidence for polycythemia vera as well as another causes of erythrocytosis. The polycythemia was due to a recently described von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) mutation. By stopping iron therapy there was no more requirements for phlebotomy in this patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Hematology Oncology Unit, University Hospital "Sestre Milosrdnice", Zagreb, Croatia. tomislav-franjo.hajnzic@zg.htnet.hr
authors.forename: Tomislav F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Hajnzić
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vrsalović
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mataija
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000090463:Iron Deficiencies; D008297:Male; D018962:Phlebotomy; D011086:Polycythemia / Q000151:congenital* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006623:von Hippel-Lindau Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D007501:Iron