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My mother has aml lung disease and copd and is taking 40mg of prednisone daily and second round of dacogen (decitabine). why high increase in platelets: 13 to 300?
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Possibly due to AML: Sometimes when one sees an abnormal lab level (platelets or any other lab; including drops or jumps in counts) that does not fit with the clinical picture, it may be due to lab error and require drawing a second result. The monitoring physician will interpret and decide. That said, high (OR low) platelet counts are not uncommon in AML or one of its earlier stages, myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).
Answered 2/22/2015
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