Define Physiologically inappropriate secondary polycythemia.
Polycythemia secondary to conditions associated with autonomous production of erythropoietin, renal diseases that affect the erythropoietin-secreting cells, and neoplasms
Describe the laboratory findings of Physiologically inappropriate secondary polycythemia.
RBC mass: ↑
EPO: ↑↑
SaO2: normal
Expected plasma volume: normal
List causes for Physiologically inappropriate secondary polycythemia
Autonomous EPO production, e.g.: [17]
Liver: hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) or hepatoma
Kidney: renal cell carcinoma (RCC), renal cysts (e.g., PKD), renal artery stenosis
Uterine leiomyoma
Cerebellar hemangioma
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