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==Overview== | ==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 disease| myeloproliferative]] disorders such as [[chronic myelogenous leukemia]], [[polycythemia vera]], [[idiopathic myelofibrosis| 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]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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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