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Thrombocytosis causes
Introduction
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Overview
Overview
Causes
Causes
Increase platelet counts can be due to a number of disease processes:
- Essential (Primary)
- Essential thrombocytosis (a form of myeloproliferative disease)
- Other myeloproliferative disorders such as chronic myelogenous leukemia, polycythemia vera, myelofibrosis
- Reactive (Secondary)
- Inflammation
- Surgery (which leads to an inflammatory state)
- Hyposplenism (decreased breakdown due to decreased function of the spleen)
- Hemorrhage and/or iron deficiency
- Drud Side Effect- Aztreonam, Ceftazidime, Ibuprofen
References
References
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