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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohamad Alkateb, MBBCh [2]
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.[1][2]
CT
Abdominal and chest CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of polycythemia vera. Findings on CT scan suggestive of polycythemia vera include:[1][2]
- Enlarged lymph nodes
- Splenomegaly
- Splanchnic venous thrombosis
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Canadian Cancer Society.2015.http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/leukemia-chronic-myelogenous-cml/diagnosis/?region=ab
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lim BK (2013). "Clinics in diagnostic imaging (146). Polycythaemia vera (PV)". Singapore Med J. 54 (5): 289–91, quiz 292. PMID 23716157.