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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
281
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-12-10
pubmed:abstractText
We have studied the prevalence of an underlying myeloproliferative state in 20 patients with either hepatic or portal vein thrombosis. Using conventional clinical and laboratory criteria, an underlying myeloproliferative state was identified as the cause of the thrombosis in five patients (25%). A further 10 of the remaining 15 cases were found to have characteristic in vitro bone marrow culture studies and cytogenetic abnormalities suggestive of an underlying myeloproliferative disorder. Although none of these 10 cases have developed overt clinical and laboratory features of such a myeloproliferative disorder after a median observation period of two years, the presence of clonal karyotypic abnormalities in three cases, increased megakaryocyte colony growth in three cases and endogenous erythropoietin independent colony growth of the marrow erythroid progenitors in seven cases, argues strongly in favour of a primary haematological disorder. This has important therapeutic implications, particularly in cases being considered for orthotopic liver transplantation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0033-5622
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
76
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
981-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2236481-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:2236481-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:2236481-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:2236481-Bone Marrow, pubmed-meshheading:2236481-Budd-Chiari Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:2236481-Cell Count, pubmed-meshheading:2236481-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:2236481-Chromosome Aberrations, pubmed-meshheading:2236481-Chromosome Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:2236481-Colony-Forming Units Assay, pubmed-meshheading:2236481-Erythroid Precursor Cells, pubmed-meshheading:2236481-Female, pubmed-meshheading:2236481-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:2236481-Karyotyping, pubmed-meshheading:2236481-Male, pubmed-meshheading:2236481-Megakaryocytes, pubmed-meshheading:2236481-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:2236481-Myeloproliferative Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:2236481-Portal Vein, pubmed-meshheading:2236481-Thrombosis
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
In vitro colony culture and chromosomal studies in hepatic and portal vein thrombosis--possible evidence of an occult myeloproliferative state.
pubmed:affiliation
Academic Department of Haematological Medicine, King's College Hospital, London.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't