Essential Thrombocytosis Following Multiple Psychic Traumas
Journal Title: Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 4
Abstract
The associations between exposure to traumatic events and psychiatric disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety have been established. It is important that clinicians notice to this phenomenon and avoid from inappropriate interpretations and additional laboratory tests. Here, a case of 45-year-old man with Essential thrombocytosis developed after multiple psychic traumas was introduced.
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