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Splenectomy complicated by sustained extreme thrombocytosis and extensive portosplenomesenteric vein thrombosis in pyrimidine 5′-nucleotidase deficiency
Summary
Reactive and redistributional thrombocytosis is a well-known postsplenectomy occurrence .Usually it is transient and it rarely reaches extreme levels. We report a rare case of haemolytic anaemia where splenectomy was carried out following trauma to a massively enlarged spleen and was followed by extreme sustained thrombocytosis associated with extensive portal, splenic and mesenteric vein thrombosis despite standard antithrombotic prophylaxis.
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