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Concomitant diagnosis of myeloproliferative neoplasm and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in a patient with portal vein thrombosis.
Anticancer research - 1 Apr 2011
Papageorgiou Maria-Vasiliki, Alexopoulou Alexandra, Kontopidou Flora, Filiotou Anna, Koskinas John, Pectasides Dimitrios
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We describe here the rare coexistence, at the time of diagnosis, of a myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) in a 74-year-old patient who presented with thrombocytosis and signs of portal hypertension on physical examination. Abdominal computed tomography scan demonstrated extensive portal vein system thrombosis. Secondary causes of thrombocytosis were excluded. JAK2 V617F mutation was...
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