Polycythemia vera
Polycythemia vera What every physician needs to know: Polycythemia vera is a clonal hematopoietic stem cell disorder, characterized by the unregulated production of red cells, white cells and platelets, thrombotic and hemorrhagic events, ocular migraine, pruritus, erythromelalgia, splenomegaly due to extramedullary hematopoiesis, myelofibrosis, and, rarely, acute leukemia. Are you sure your patient has polycythemia vera?…