Blood, 1958, Vol. 13, No. 10, pp. 959-971.
© 1958 American Society of Hematology, Inc.
Thrombocythemia and Pulmonary Intra-Alveolar
Coagulum in a Young Woman
B. LEVINSON 1,
R. S. JONES 1,
M. M. WINTROBE 1, and
G. E. CARTWRIGHT 1
1 Departments of Medicine and Pathology, College of Medicine, University of
Utah and the Salt Lake County General Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah.
A description is given of the clinical course and findings at autopsy in a
19-year-old girl with a myeloproliferative syndrome characterized primarily
by thrombocythemia. This was associated with an unusual pulmonary disorder
in which the alveoli were filled by a non-cellular exudate comprised of carbohydrate, fat and protein which resembled in some respects pneumonia attributed to Pneumocystis carinii. The possible interrelationship of the thrombocythemia and the intra-alveolar coagulum is discussed.
Submitted on February 25, 1958
Accepted on May 7, 1958
