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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Abdominal and chest [[CT scan]] may be helpful in the diagnosis of polycythemia vera. Findings on CT scan suggestive of polycythemia vera include enlarged lymph nodes, [[splenomegaly]], and splanchnic venous thrombosis. | Abdominal and chest [[CT scan]] may be helpful in the diagnosis of polycythemia vera. Findings on CT scan suggestive of polycythemia vera include enlarged lymph nodes, [[splenomegaly]], and [[splanchnic]] [[venous thrombosis]] and [[pulmonary embolism]]. | ||
==CT== | ==CT== | ||
There are no CT scan findings associated with polycythemia vera. However, a CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of polycythemia vera, which include:<ref name="cancer.ca">Canadian Cancer Society.2015.http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/leukemia-chronic-myelogenous-cml/diagnosis/?region=ab</ref><ref name="pmid23716157">{{cite journal| author=Lim BK| title=Clinics in diagnostic imaging (146). Polycythaemia vera (PV). | journal=Singapore Med J | year= 2013 | volume= 54 | issue= 5 | pages= 289-91; quiz 292 | pmid=23716157 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23716157 }} </ref> | There are no CT scan findings associated with polycythemia vera. However, a CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of polycythemia vera, which include:<ref name="cancer.ca">Canadian Cancer Society.2015.http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/leukemia-chronic-myelogenous-cml/diagnosis/?region=ab</ref><ref name="pmid23716157">{{cite journal| author=Lim BK| title=Clinics in diagnostic imaging (146). Polycythaemia vera (PV). | journal=Singapore Med J | year= 2013 | volume= 54 | issue= 5 | pages= 289-91; quiz 292 | pmid=23716157 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23716157 }} </ref> | ||
* | *[[Lymphadenopathy]] | ||
* | *[[Splenomegaly]] | ||
* | *[[Hepatomegaly]] | ||
* | *[[Splanchnic]] [[venous thrombosis]] | ||
* | *[[Pulmonary embolism]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohamad Alkateb, MBBCh [2]; Shyam Patel [3]
Overview
Abdominal and chest CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of polycythemia vera. Findings on CT scan suggestive of polycythemia vera include enlarged lymph nodes, splenomegaly, and splanchnic venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.
CT
There are no CT scan findings associated with polycythemia vera. However, a CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of polycythemia vera, which include:[1][2]
References
- ↑ Canadian Cancer Society.2015.http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/leukemia-chronic-myelogenous-cml/diagnosis/?region=ab
- ↑ Lim BK (2013). "Clinics in diagnostic imaging (146). Polycythaemia vera (PV)". Singapore Med J. 54 (5): 289–91, quiz 292. PMID 23716157.