Myeloproliferative Disorder

Eileen Scigliano, MD

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

Copyright of the American Society of Hematology, 2006. ISSN: 1931-6860.

This case was reviewed and updated in March 2013 by Dr. Marc J. Kahn and members of the Teaching Cases Subcommittee.

IV. DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

Given this patient’s clinical and laboratory findings, what is the most likely diagnosis?

Acute myelogenous leukemia
Polycythemia vera
Essential thrombocythemia
Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia
Reactive thrombocytosis and granulocytosis secondary to infection
Reactive thrombocytosis and granulocytosis secondary to a solid tumor

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