POLYCYTHEMIA VERA IN A 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL: A Case Report |
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Authors: | Meral Turker Esra Arun Ozer Haldun Oniz Berna Atabay Isin Yaprak |
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Affiliation: | SSK Tepecik Teaching Hospital, Clinics of Pediatrics, Yenisehir Izmir, Turkey |
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Abstract: | A case of a 12-year-old girl presenting with headache and splenomegaly and fulfilling the diagnostic criteria of polycythemia vera is reported. Her peripheral blood values were as follows: hemoglobin 18 g/dL, red blood cells 7,000,000/mm 3 , white blood cells 22,000/mm 3 , and platelets 1,248,000/mm 3 . Phlebotomy was performed initially but was ineffective. Afterward 100 mg/kg per day aspirin and 30/mg/kg per day hydroxyurea were given. The patient has been asypmtomatic for 1 year and her recent hemoglobin level is 15.5 g/dL, platelet count 922,000/mm 3 , and white blood cell 12,800/mm 3 . Polycythemia vera is an extremely uncommon disease in childhood and for this reason its treatment is not well established. |
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Keywords: | Children Diagnosis Polycythemia Vera Treatment |
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