An Ulceronecrotic Foot Lesion in a Patient with Essential Thrombocythemia: Successful Treatment with Hydroxyurea

The patient was a 47-year-old woman with a painful ulcer that had appeared on the right 5th toe two weeks before she visited our hospital. Histopathological examination showed that thrombi were present in small blood vessels in the dermis and pancytosis was detected in a blood test, suggesting polyc...

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Main Authors: Tokue Kato, Seiji Kawana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Dermatology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/335997