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Athanasiou-Metaxa M, Economou M, Tsantali C, Koussi A, Gombakis N: Congenital erythrocytosis with increased erythropoietin level. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2002 Mar-Apr;24(3):234-6.
The term "absolute erythrocytosis" denotes a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by an increased red blood cell mass. The authors describe a 20-month-old girl with absolute erythrocytosis. Erythropoietin levels were found to be extremely increased, although extensive evaluation failed to reveal a cause for such an inappropriate increase. Of interest is also the documentation of spontaneous erythroid colony formation in the patient's bone marrow cultures. Although such a finding is considered typical of polycythemia vera, the diagnostic criteria of this myeloproliferative disorder were not met. |
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