Sickle cell anemia

Sickle cell anemias are chronic hemolytic diseases that may induce three types of acute accidents: severe anemia, severe bacterial infections, and ischemic vasoocclusive accidents (VOA) caused by sickle-shaped red blood cells obstructing small blood vessels and capillaries. Many diverse complications can occur.

Pulmonary embolism

An embolus (that is, an abnormal particle circulating in the blood) located in the pulmonary artery and thereby blocking blood circulation to the lung. Usually the embolus is a blood clot that has developed in an extremity (for instance, a deep venous thrombosis), detached, and traveled through the circulation before becoming trapped in the pulmonary artery.


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PMID (PMCID)
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The McConnell Sign is Seen in Patients With Acute Chest Syndrome.
McCutcheon JB, Schaffer P, Lyon M, Gordon R.
J Ultrasound Med. 2018;37(10):2433-2437.
In patients with sickle cell disease presenting with chest pain and shortness of breath, the presence of the McConnell sign does not narrow the differential diagnosis between pulmonary embolism, an acute right ventricular infarct, and acute chest syndrome.
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[Bilateral pulmonary embolism mimicking acute chest syndrome in an adolescent with sickle cell disease].
Mornand P, Chalard F, Romain AS, Rohr M, Paluel-Marmont C, Niakate A, Quinet B, Grimprel E, Odievre-Montanie MH.
Arch Pediatr. 2017;24(7):625-629.
[Bilateral pulmonary embolism mimicking acute chest syndrome in an adolescent with sickle cell disease].
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Bilateral pulmonary embolism in an adolescent with sickle cell disease and a recent total hip arthroplasty: a case report and review of the literature.
Burnham JM, Broussard M, Milbrandt T.
Iowa Orthop J. 2014;34:107-10.
Bilateral pulmonary embolism in an adolescent with sickle cell disease and a recent total hip arthroplasty: a case report and review of the literature.
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Bilateral pulmonary embolism in an adolescent with sickle cell disease and a recent total hip arthroplasty: a case report and review of the literature.
Burnham JM, Broussard M, Milbrandt T.
Iowa Orthop J. 2014;34:107-10.
Patients with sickle cell disease have a baseline hypercoaguable state and are at a greater risk forming deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism than the general population.
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Chest pain in sickle cell disease.
Tonino SH, Nur E, Otten HM, Wykrzykowska JJ, Hoekstra JB, Biemond BJ.
Neth J Med. 2013;71(5):265-9.
The differential diagnosis of chest pain in a patient with sickle cell disease is difficult and may encompass several serious conditions, including chest syndrome, pulmonary embolism and infectious complications.