IgA nephropathy associated with polycythemia vera.

IgA nephropathy associated with polycythaemia vera: accelerated course.

Key words: crescentic glomerulonephritis; IgA nephro-attacks and urolithiasis from the age of 27 years, along pathy; platelet aggregation; polycythaemia vera with mild proteinuria and haematuria and mild polycy-thaemia 5 years before admission, blood values were haematocrit (Htc) 52%, white blood cell count 13 000/ml, red blood cell (RBC) count 5 600 000/ml, Introduction and platelet count 434 ...

Dermatomyositis Associated with Myelofibrosis following Polycythemia Vera

Dermatomyositis (DM) is a unique inflammatory myopathy with clinical findings of proximal muscle weakness, characteristic rash, and elevated muscle enzymes. The association of DM and malignancy, most commonly adenocarcinoma, is well known. There have been few case reports of primary myelofibrosis associated with DM. We present the case of a 69-year-old male with a history of polycythemia vera (...

Mirtazapine in progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy associated with polycythemia vera.

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a usually fatal cerebral white matter disease found in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection and other immunocompromised states. We present the case of a 63-year-old woman with polycythemia vera who developed a progressive focal neurological deficit with white matter abnormalities on magnetic resonance images of the brain that w...

Silicosis associated with crescentic IgA mesangial nephropathy.

Treatment of polycythemia vera.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Current guidelines for the management of patients with polycythemia vera (PV) derive from a few clinical trials and several uncontrolled clinical studies. The purpose of this paper is to critically review the available evidence in literature for selecting the best treatment in the single patient. METHODS The authors have been working in this field contributing origina...