title: [Extreme reactive thrombocytosis in a healthy 6 year-old child].
abstract: Thrombocytosis is usually a casual finding in children. Reactive or secondary thrombocytosis is the more common form, being the infections diseases the most prevalent cause of it. Regarding the number of platelets there are four degrees of thrombocytosis; in its extreme degree the number of platelets exceeds 1,000,000/mm(3). We describe a case of extreme reactive thrombocytosis in a healthy 6-year-old child. He required critical care admission for diagnosis and treatment (maximum number of platelets 7,283,000/mm(3)). We review the different causes of thrombocytosis in childhood, the differential diagnosis, and the available treatments in case of extreme thrombocytosis.
authors: Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, España.
authors: G
authors: G
authors: de Lama Caro-Patón
authors: Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, España; Unidad de Cuidados Paliativos Pediátricos, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, España. Electronic address: citopensis@yahoo.es.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: García-Salido
authors: Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, España.
authors: M I
authors: MI
authors: Iglesias-Bouzas
authors: Unidad de Pediatría, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, España.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Guillén
authors: Unidad de Pediatría, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, España.
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Cañedo-Villaroya
authors: Unidad de Oncohematología Pediátrica, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, España.
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Martínez-Romera
authors: Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, España.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Serrano-González
authors: Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, España.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Casado-Flores
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013922:Thrombocytosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy
keywords: Critical care; Cuidados intensivos; Neumonía; Pediatrics; Pediatría; Pneumonia; Thrombocytosis; Thrombosis; Trombocitosis; Trombosis