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Case of polycythemia vera concurrent with FIP1L1-PDGFRA-positive myeloproliferative neoplasm with eosinophilia.
Cancer genetics - 1 Oct 2012
Alrwas Anas, Quesada Jorge R, Marcos Luis A, Mehta Shivang S, Shattuck Brandy L, Nguyen Nghia D, Juneja Harinder S
Abstract excerpt
We report an unusual case of a symptomatic patient who initially had high hemoglobin and low serum erythropoietin levels, fitting a clinical diagnosis of polycythemia vera. However, after treatment with hydroxyurea and serial phlebotomies had been started, the patient developed hypereosinophilia, fitting the category of a myeloproliferative neoplasm with eosinophilia associated with the FIP1L1-PDGFRA gene fusion,...
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