Most patients with essential thrombocythaemia can expect a normal lifespan. Researchers from the University of Ioannina, Greece, retrospectively identified 64 cases of essential thrombocythaemia between 1986 and 2001.
Based on this, the authors estimated an annual incidence of 0.05 cases per 1000 population, after adjusting for age and sex. On average, patients were aged 60 years at diagnosis.
The authors commented that the incidence and age at diagnosis were consistent with literature values. Overall, men and women were equally likely to present with essential thrombocythaemia. According to the literature, women seem to be slightly more likely to develop essential thrombocythaemia and, in this cohort, females predominated at very young ages.
Ten patients presented with thrombohaemorrhagic complications. Vasomotor symptoms accounted for the diagnosis in 31 percent of patients, while 68 percent were diagnosed by chance. Researchers followed patients for a median of 60 months.
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