Korean J Hematol.
2009 Dec;44(4):298-303. 10.5045/kjh.2009.44.4.298.
Prolonged Extreme Thrombocytosis in a Postsplenectomy Patient with Hereditary Spherocytosis
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Gil Hospital, Incheon, Korea. jhagnes@gilhospital.com
- KMID: 2252116
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.5045/kjh.2009.44.4.298
Abstract
- We report a case of prolonged extreme reactive thrombocytosis in a post-splenectomy patient with hereditary spherocytosis. A 29-year-old female patient presented with gall stones detected incidentally by abdominal ultrasonography. Her laboratory findings showed hemolytic anemia with spherocytosis on the peripheral blood smear and increased osmotic fragility. She was diagnosed with hereditary spherocytosis and underwent a laparoscopic cholecystectomy and splenectomy. After undergoing surgery, the hemolytic anemia was resolved but thrombocytosis was newly detected. Nineteen months after the splenectomy, the thrombocytosis was still persistent and extremely high. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a prolonged extreme reactive thrombocytosis after a splenectomy in Korea.
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