Haematology Watch

THROMBOCYTOSIS


PSEUDO-THROMBOCYTOSIS:

   Marked microcytosis

   Shistocytosis

   Cell fragments in leukaemia

 

TRUE THROMBOCYTOSIS:

   BENIGN:

      -Reactive:

          Iron-deficiency anaemia

          Haemorrhage 

          Infections

          Chronic inflammation

          Non-haematological malignancies

          Post-Therapy (Surgery, Treated ITP, Recovery from chemo)

       -Distributive:

          Post-splenectomy


   MALIGNANT:

      Myeloproliferative neoplasms

      Myelodysplastic syndrome: isolated del 5q

      AML with inv(3) or t(3;3)