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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Debduti Mukhopadhyay, M.B.B.S[2] Zaida Obeidat, M.D.

Overview

The hallmark symptoms of polycythemia vera are headaches, dizziness, erythromelalgia, abdominal fullness due to splenomegaly, etc.

History and Symptoms

  • Clinical course is insidious, more commonly it is noticed as an incidental finding on a routine blood test. Patients may present with nonspecific findings like fatigue, headache, dizziness, itchiness, especially after a warm shower. Bloating or "fullness" is also sometimes reported due to marked splenomegaly.
  • If adequately managed, the natural course of the disease tends to be long. The cause of death remains unknown in a large majority of cases. Other causes of death include acute leukemia, malignancies secondary to the disease, thrombotic complications, cardiac failure, and natural progression of the disease. [1]

Symptoms

Common symptoms of PV include:[2][3][4][5][6]

References

  1. Büyükaşik Y, Alİ R, Ar C, Turgut M, Yavuz S, Saydam G (August 2018). "Polycythemia vera: diagnosis, clinical course, and current management". Turk J Med Sci. 48 (4): 698–710. doi:10.3906/sag-1806-43. PMID 30114348.
  2. Lelonek E, Matusiak Ł, Wróbel T, Szepietowski JC (2018). "Aquagenic Pruritus in Polycythemia Vera: Clinical Characteristics". Acta Derm Venereol. 98 (5): 496–500. doi:10.2340/00015555-2906. PMID 29437189.
  3. Saini KS, Patnaik MM, Tefferi A (2010). "Polycythemia vera-associated pruritus and its management". Eur J Clin Invest. 40 (9): 828–34. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2362.2010.02334.x. PMID 20597963.
  4. Murphy S (1992). "Polycythemia vera". Dis Mon. 38 (3): 153–212. doi:10.1016/0011-5029(92)90002-7. PMID 1587207.
  5. Michiels JJ (1997). "Erythromelalgia and vascular complications in polycythemia vera". Semin Thromb Hemost. 23 (5): 441–54. doi:10.1055/s-2007-996121. PMID 9387203.
  6. Sekhar M, McVinnie K, Burroughs AK (2013). "Splanchnic vein thrombosis in myeloproliferative neoplasms". Br J Haematol. 162 (6): 730–47. doi:10.1111/bjh.12461. PMID 23855810.

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