Thrombocytosis is an adverse prognostic factor in many types of cancer. We investigated if pre-treatment increased platelet counts provide prognostic information specifically in patients with stage ...

Background Thrombocytosis can be classified as primary or secondary, also called reactive. If primary thrombocytosis is a very rare condition in children, reactive thrombocytosis occurs commonly in ...

Platelets are a component of blood produced in the bone marrow that plays a vital role in the blood clotting process. The normal platelet count in adults and children is 150,000/microL to ...

This case report presents the clinical evaluation and management of a female patient from a rural background who presented with leg pain, headache, weakness and irritability. Initial investigations ...

Thrombocytosis is when there are too many platelets in your blood, which is defined as having more than 450,000 per microliter. In primary thrombocytosis, bone marrow makes too many platelets due to a ...

We report two cases of chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) with extreme thrombocytosis. The first patient was a 65-year-old man who presented with prolonged history of upper abdominal discomfort, anorexia ...

A cancer diagnosis should be considered in patients with blood test results showing thrombocytosis even if cancer was not initially suspected, researchers have suggested, after they found it to be a ...

Thrombocytosis has been reported in neonates and young infants, but little is known of its prevalence, timing of onset, associated conditions, sequelae and outcomes. To better understand this ...

Introduction There is increasing evidence suggesting that platelets play a significant role in inflammation in addition to their established role in thrombosis. Systemic inflammation is linked to poor ...

Background: Thrombocytosis is a common symptom in myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN), and excessive proliferation may deteriorate into thrombosis, bleeding, myelofibrosis, and may ultimately convert ...

A routine blood test may pack a bigger punch than previously suspected, suggests a recent analysis of over 3 million Canadian patient records. A finding of thrombocytosis (platelet count >450 x 10 9 ...