Non-specific skin purpura
Essential thrombocythemia is one of the myeloproliferative neoplasms. Palpable purpura is a rare manifestation that may delay diagnosis and treatment. We report a case of essential thrombocythemia in a 50-year-old man, who presented with recurrent thigh pain for the past one year with nonspecific...
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| author | Shalihin, Mohd Shaiful Ehsan Harun, Zulkifli Osman, Iskandar Firzada |
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| description | Essential thrombocythemia is one of the myeloproliferative neoplasms. Palpable purpura is
a rare manifestation that may delay diagnosis and treatment. We report a case of essential
thrombocythemia in a 50-year-old man, who presented with recurrent thigh pain for the past one
year with nonspecific localized purpura. His full blood count revealed isolated thrombocytosis of
880,000/µL with an impression of myeloproliferative disorder from peripheral blood film. He
was referred urgently to the hematology team, which proceeded with a venesection. His condition
improved with hydroxyurea. This was a rare case of chronic presentation of myeloproliferative
neoplasm detected at a primary care clinic. |
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| spelling | iium-664912018-12-18T08:48:21Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/66491/ Non-specific skin purpura Shalihin, Mohd Shaiful Ehsan Harun, Zulkifli Osman, Iskandar Firzada R Medicine (General) RC Internal medicine RL Dermatology Essential thrombocythemia is one of the myeloproliferative neoplasms. Palpable purpura is a rare manifestation that may delay diagnosis and treatment. We report a case of essential thrombocythemia in a 50-year-old man, who presented with recurrent thigh pain for the past one year with nonspecific localized purpura. His full blood count revealed isolated thrombocytosis of 880,000/µL with an impression of myeloproliferative disorder from peripheral blood film. He was referred urgently to the hematology team, which proceeded with a venesection. His condition improved with hydroxyurea. This was a rare case of chronic presentation of myeloproliferative neoplasm detected at a primary care clinic. Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia, 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/66491/7/66491%20Non-specific%20skin%20purpur.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/66491/8/66491%20Non-specific%20skin%20purpur%20SCOPUS.pdf Shalihin, Mohd Shaiful Ehsan and Harun, Zulkifli and Osman, Iskandar Firzada (2018) Non-specific skin purpura. Malaysian Family Physician, 13 (2). pp. 39-41. ISSN 1985-207X E-ISSN 1985-2274 http://e-mfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/v13n2.pdf |
| spellingShingle | R Medicine (General) RC Internal medicine RL Dermatology Shalihin, Mohd Shaiful Ehsan Harun, Zulkifli Osman, Iskandar Firzada Non-specific skin purpura |
| title | Non-specific skin purpura |
| title_full | Non-specific skin purpura |
| title_fullStr | Non-specific skin purpura |
| title_full_unstemmed | Non-specific skin purpura |
| title_short | Non-specific skin purpura |
| title_sort | non-specific skin purpura |
| topic | R Medicine (General) RC Internal medicine RL Dermatology |
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