Citation:Egodage, U.K., Dissanayake, N.U.A., Dahanayake, M.U. and Bodinayake, C.K. (2016) ‘Dengue fever associated with extreme reactive thrombocytosis’, <i>Ceylon Medical Journal</i>, 61(4), p. 194-195. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4038/cmj.v61i4.8391.
Date:2016-12-30
Abstract:
Dengue is an important viral illness which has the
potential to progress into dengue hemorrhagic fever
(DHF) or dengue shock syndrome (DSS). Leucopenia
and throm-bocytopenia are the hallmarks of acute
dengue which normalise with recovery [1]. Progression
from thrombo-cytopenia to severe thrombocytosis is
uncommon. We describe a patient presenting with acute
dengue, who developed extreme reactive thrombocytosis.
