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  • Title: [Acute respiratory distress in a patient with sickle-cell anemia].
    Author: Wislez M, Mangiapan G, Saidi F, Parrot A.
    Journal: Rev Pneumol Clin; 1999 Mar; 55(1):31-3. PubMed ID: 10367313.
    Abstract:
    The acute chest syndrome is a frequent complications of sickle-cell disease characterized by chest pain, fever, and new infiltrate on chest x-ray image. Pathophysiologic factors appear to be multifactorial and better known. We report the case of a 28-year-old woman with homozygous sickle cell anemia who developed acute chest syndrome probably secondary to fat embolism.
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