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Alternate Names : Cryptogenic Polycythemia, Erythremia, Erythrocytosis Megalosplenica, Myeloproliferative Disorder, Osler's Disease, Polycythemia Rubra Vera, Polycythemia with Chronic Cyanosis - Myelopathic Polycythemia, Primary Polycythemia, Splenomegalic Polycythemia, Vaquez's Disease

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Polycythemia - Red Blood Cells

Polycythemia is a condition of increased production of red blood cells (RBCs). The percentage of RBCs in the blood may become so high that the blood ceases to flow in some smaller vessels and capillaries. In this photomicrograph, the RBCs are densely packed together.

Waldenstroms

Lymphocytoid appearing plasma cell nucleus similar to a lymphocyte and cytoplasm similar to a plasma cell.

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