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Increase platelet counts can be due to a number of disease processes: | Increase platelet counts can be due to a number of disease processes: | ||
* Essential ( | * Essential (Primary) | ||
**[[Essential thrombocytosis]] (a form of [[myeloproliferative disease]]) | **[[Essential thrombocytosis]] (a form of [[myeloproliferative disease]]) | ||
**Other [[myeloproliferative disease| myeloproliferative]] disorders such as [[chronic myelogenous leukemia]], [[polycythemia vera]], [[idiopathic myelofibrosis| myelofibrosis]] | **Other [[myeloproliferative disease| myeloproliferative]] disorders such as [[chronic myelogenous leukemia]], [[polycythemia vera]], [[idiopathic myelofibrosis| myelofibrosis]] | ||
* Reactive ( | * Reactive (Secondary) | ||
** Inflammation | ** Inflammation | ||
** Surgery (which leads to an inflammatory state) | ** Surgery (which leads to an inflammatory state) | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
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
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