Polycythemia with Cerebellar Hemangioblastoma

elizabethjsamuel; Nagarajan Natarajan; Ramesh; Latha M

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elizabethjsamuel
Nagarajan Natarajan
Ramesh
Latha M

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polycythemia, cerebellar hemangioblastoma

Abstract

56 year old male presented with one month history of vomiting with abdominal pain; hemogram suggested polycythemia with hemoglobin of 16.5-18.1gm%, gastroscopy showed pan gastritis, bone marrow smear, biopsy showed erythroid, megakaryocytic hyperplasia;ultra sonogram abdomen, pelvis did not show any significant abnormality; patient improved with parenteral hydration, proton pump inhibitors; after ~7 months he returned with weakness, weight loss; hemoglobin alone had increased to 19 to 20gm%, with a hematocrit of 56.1%, other cell lines were not involved, suggesting secondary polycythemia; CT scan brain revealed Cerebellar Hemangioblastoma with obstructive hydrocephalus; emergency ventriculo peritoneal shunt was performed, followed by excision of the tumor; patient recovered and hemoglobin normalized.

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Polycythemia with Cerebellar Hemangioblastoma. (2015). Global Journal of Medical Research, 15(11), 39-46. https://medicalresearchjournal.org/index.php/GJMR/article/view/

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Author Biography

elizabethjsamuel

Dr. Elizabeth Jeya Vardhini Samuel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of General Medicine at Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, India. With a medical background (M.B.B.S., M.D. in Internal Medicine), she has also been affiliated with Karunya University, Coimbatore. Her research spans a wide range of topics including the role of germ cells in acute coronary syndrome, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, tuberculosis, lung cancer, and the impact of environmental estrogen on health. She has authored over 30 works, accumulating 29 citations, with an h-index of 3. Her work often explores the intersection of environmental factors, reproductive health, and degenerative diseases, contributing to the understanding of how environmental estrogens and germ cell fragmentation influence disease prevalence and progression.

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