Question

A 68-year-old man is found to have haemoglobin 190 g/L on routine testing. He is a smoker with COPD. Oxygen saturation is 90% on room air. The haematocrit is elevated and erythropoietin level is high. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Secondary polycythaemia due to chronic hypoxia

Answer

Polycythaemia vera

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Dehydration

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Haemochromatosis

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Acute myeloid leukaemia

Practice question

A 68-year-old man is found to have haemoglobin 190 g/L on routine testing. He is a smoker with COPD. Oxygen saturation is 90% on room air. The haematocrit is elevated and erythropoietin level is high. What is the most likely diagnosis?