Cerebral vascular accident in a patient with reactive thrombocytosis: a rare cause of stroke.

Am J Med Sci

Department of Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.

Published: September 2008

Background And Purpose: Reactive thrombocytosis (RT) is usually a benign process and is not associated with thrombotic or hemorrhagic events

Summary Of Case: We report a case of a young man who suffers a stroke caused by RT, which was secondary to splenectomy, iron deficiency, and infection.

Conclusions: : Although rarely documented, RT can be the cause of a major vascular event.

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