Síndrome torácico agudo en pacientes con anemia de células falciformes
Acute thoracic syndrome in patients with sickle cell anemia
Rev. méd. hered; 8 (3), 1997
We report an unusual lethal complication of sickle cell anemia. The patient was admitted with a diagnosis of acute chest syndrome and died shortly thereafter of respiratory failure. Autopsy revealed numerous deposits of bone marrow hematopoietic tissue ocluding the microvascular circulation of the lung. ...