Essential thrombocythemia |
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Alternate Names : Essential thrombocythemia, Essential thrombocytosis
Definition
Primary thrombocythemia is the overproduction of platelets without a known cause. Platelets are essential for blood clotting.
Essential Thrombocythemia: A clonal abnormality initiated by the transformation of a multipotential hematopoietic cell in the marrow. Its principal effect is the production of exaggerated numbers of platelets.
Essential Thrombocythemia: A disorder that causes an overproduction of platelets.
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Essential Thrombocythemia
Essential thrombocythemia is a disease in which too many platelets are made in the bone marrow.
Essential thrombocythemia causes an abnormal increase in the number of platelets made in the blood and bone marrow.
essential thrombocythemia An increased number of thrombocytes (platelets) in the blood, without a known cause. Also called essential thrombocytosis.
Essential thrombocythemia (ET) is a rare, chronic disorder characterized by the overproduction of platelets.
Essential thrombocythemia; Essential thrombocytosis
Causes
Primary thrombocythemia is a disorder that slowly progresses. It is caused by too much growth of a type of cell that is used to make blood cells.
Essential thrombocythemia; Essential thrombocytosis
Definition of Primary thrombocythemia:
Primary thrombocythemia is the overproduction of platelets without a recognizable cause. Platelets are essential for blood clotting.
Essential thrombocythemia (throm-bo-sigh-THEE-me-uh), also called ET, is a stem cell disease. Your bone marrow produces stem cells, which include red and white blood cells as well as platelets needed for your blood to clot.
Essential thrombocythemia. This term is used when a high platelet count occurs alone (that is, without other blood cell disorders).
Idiopathic thrombocythemia.
Primary or essential thrombocytosis (these are less favored terms).
Essential thrombocythemia (thrombosis may be more common than bleeding)
Inadequate platelet function (qualitative disorder)
Von Willebrand's disease (inadequate VWF-mediated platelet adhesion) ...
In essential thrombocythemia, and in some cases of polycythemia vera, the high platelet count needs to be lowered, also to prevent stroke, heart attack, or life-threatening blood clotting.
Polycythemia vera
Essential thrombocythemia
Myelodysplasia (refractory anemia)
Exposure to radiation and chemicals ...
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A total of 942 patients with myeloproliferative disorders including 551 patients with Essential Thrombocythemia (ET), 117 patients with Polycythemia Vera (PV), 178 patients with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML), ...
Certain disorders of the blood, such as polycythemia vera or essential thrombocythemia
Antiphospholipid antibodies (antibodies in the blood that can affect the clotting process) (see "Patient information: The antiphospholipid syndrome").
Both forms: Essential thrombocythemia
Both forms: Idiopathic myelofibrosis
CML: Acute myeloid leukemia
CML: Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia
CML: Chronic neutrophilic leukemia
CML: Leukemoid reaction
CML: Myelodysplastic syndrome ...
Solberg LA Jr. Therapeutic options for essential thrombocythemia and polycythemia vera. Semin Oncol . 2002;29(3 Suppl 10):10-15.
Polycythemia Vera
Chronic Idiopathic Myelofibrosis
Essential Thrombocythemia
Chronic Neutrophilic Leukemia
Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia ...
Three other disorders are commonly classified as MPDs: chronic myeloid leukemia, essential thrombocythemia and polycythemia vera. Myelofibrosis may occur as a secondary characteristic of polycythemia vera or essential thrombocytyemia.
Chronic myeloid disorders include myelodysplastic syndromes and myeloproliferative disorders such as essential thrombocythemia, polycythemia vera, and myelofibrosis.
Tefferi A, Thiele J, Orazi A, et al; Proposals and rationale for revision of the World Health Organization diagnostic criteria for polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia, ...
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Edwardsiella tarda infection ... gastroenteritis
Esophageal ulcer ... perforated ulcer
Essential thrombocytosis -- same as essential thrombocythemia ...
Immunosuppression: A weak immune system, resulting from an organ transplant, can increase risk.
Blood Disorders: Patients with myelodysplasia (or refractory anemia), polycythemia vera, or essential thrombocythemia have a higher risk of ...
Essential thrombocythemia
Essential thrombocytosis
Essential tremor
Ethmoiditis
Ethylene glycol intoxication
Ethylene glycol poisoning
Eustachian tube dysfunction
Eustachian tube patency
Euvolemic hyponatremia
Ewing's family of tumors ...
 See also: Symptom, Cancer, Bleeding, Leukemia, Polycythemia vera
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