Abstract
A 20-year-old male who required splenectomy following abdominal trauma was subsequently shown to have primary thrombocythaemia. This report illustrates the diagnostic problems associated with a refractory post-splenectomy thrombocytosis, and the therapeutic difficulties in the management of primary thrombocythaemia are discussed.
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