Aprile 2003 - Volume XXII - numero 4
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Centro di Onco-Ematologia Pediatrica, Università di Trieste, IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”; 1Pediatra di famiglia, Trieste
Key words: Pancytopenia, Fanconi anemia, Aplastic anemia
Fanconi anemia is a rare disease, with normal phenotype in a third of the cases. It is characterized by aplastic anemia/pancytopenia, macrocytosis and chromosomal abnormality, which is responsible of the high risk of cancer
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SC di Pediatria, PO di San Vito al Tagliamento, ASS n°6 “Friuli Occidentale”
Key words: Thrombocytosis, Iron deficiency anemia
We report a case of a 11-year-old boy with a silent thrombocytosis associated to iron deficiency anemia. Iron deficiency anemia is a known cause of increased platelet counts but the mechanisms causing this reactive thrombocytosis are unclear, perhaps the cause is an increased production of erythropoietine.
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