ESSENTIAL THROMBOCYTHEMIA AS A CAUSE OF SEVERE CHEST PAIN: CASE REPORT

Volume 32, Number 3 (2022)

Neda Rylskytė, Monika Kropaitytė, Daiva Emilija Rekienė, Rūta Venytė, Laima Jankauskienė, Jonas Jucevičius Abstract Essential thrombocythemia is a myeloproliferative dise­ase that is characterized by elevated platelet count, speci­fic changes of megakaryocyte lineage in bone marrow as well as non-specific clinical symptoms. This case report presents a 40-year-old female complaining of episodic chest pain and shortness…