title: Clinics in diagnostic imaging (146). Polycythaemia vera (PV).
abstract: A 42-year-old Chinese man presented with left-sided chest pain and splenomegaly. Full blood count revealed erythrocytosis, while plain radiograph and computed tomography of the abdomen and pelvis revealed hepatosplenomegaly with splenic infarction. Further workup confirmed the diagnosis of polycythaemia vera. Clinical and imaging features of polycythaemia vera, as well as the potential pitfalls in image interpretation, are discussed in this article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, 90 Yishun Central, Singapore 768828. bkeatl@gmail.com
authors.forename: Boon Keat
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Lim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011087:Polycythemia Vera / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal / Q000379:methods; D012640:Seizures / Q000175:diagnosis; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis