Molecular and Genetic Medicine

Dr, Krukenberg-Cancer-Center, University Hospital Halle, Germany, Ernst-Grube-Str. 40, Halle, 06120, Germany

Publications

• Case Report   
  A Rare Hemoglobinopathy as a Cause of Erythrocytosis in a Patient with Suspected JAK2V617F Negative Polycythemia Vera: A Case Report
  Author(s): Jaekel N, Bauer M, Behre B and Al-Ali HK*
  
  Introduction: Differential diagnosis of polyglobulia/erythrocytosis which is caused by deregulated erythropoiesis with an overproduction of red blood cells resulting in elevated hemoglobin and hematocrit levels is a diagnostic challenge. Case Report: A 31-year-old man was referred to us with a suspected diagnosis of polycythemia vera (a clonal myeloproliferative neoplasm) because of erythrocytosis. One year before, he suffered from an ischemic central retinal vein occlusion of unknown cause. Aspirin treatment was initiated. His mother was diagnosed with a JAK2V617F negative polycythemia vera years earlier and treated with phlebotomies as well as aspirin. Apart from erythrocytosis, laboratory analysis showed a normal white blood cell and platelet counts. The differential blood picture and lactate dehydrogenase were within the normal ranges. M.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/jmgm.2020.14.443

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