Other Names for Thrombocythemia and Thrombocytosis
Primary thrombocythemia also is called:
- Essential thrombocythemia. This term is used when a high platelet count occurs alone (that is, without other blood cell disorders).
- Idiopathic (id-ee-o-PATH-ick) thrombocythemia.
- Primary or essential thrombocytosis (these are less favored terms).
Thrombocytosis also is known as:
- Secondary or reactive thrombocytosis.
- Secondary thrombocythemia (this is a less favored term).
Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health.
