Diagnosaurus
Polycythemia vera
DDx
Other myeloproliferative disorder
- Chronic myelogenous leukemia
- Myelofibrosis
- Essential thrombocytosis
- Relative ("spurious") polycythemia
- Hypoxia: cardiac disease, pulmonary disease, high altitude
- Carboxyhemoglobin (smoking)
- Renal cyst or hydronephrosis
- Erythropoietin-secreting tumors (rare): renal cell or hepatocellular carcinoma, adrenal tumor, cerebellar hemangioma, uterine leiomyoma
- Abnormal hemoglobins (rare)
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
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Zeiger, Roni F.. "Polycythemia Vera." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114657/all/Polycythemia_vera.
Zeiger RFR. Polycythemia vera. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114657/all/Polycythemia_vera. Accessed May 14, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Polycythemia vera. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114657/all/Polycythemia_vera
Zeiger RFR. Polycythemia Vera [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 May 14]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114657/all/Polycythemia_vera.
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