Affiliation:
1. Postgraduate student, Department of Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine, MGM Medical College, Navi Mumbai
2. VSM, Professor and Head, Department of Pathology, Zydus Medical College and Hospital, Dahod, Gujarat
Abstract
Felix Gaisbock, MD, (1905) described a syndrome in patients with hypertension, increased hematocrit levels, plethoric appearances, and without
splenomegaly. He hypothesized that this relative erythrocytosis was stress related. In this case report, a 38-year-old hypertensive male presented
with constitutional symptoms along with new onset polycythemia. There was no splenomegaly. A workup did not show any evidence of
polycythemia rubra vera (PRV) or some other secondary cause of his polycythemia. He was given appropriate supportive therapy for his
constitutional symptoms. His hematocrit returned to normal levels over the next few days under observation. We concluded that this patient had
Gaisbock's syndrome, a form of relative polycythemia that manifests when there is evidence of plasma contraction.
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