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Acute chest syndrome
also: Sickle cell acute chest syndrome
Pulmonary complication of sickle cell disease.
- Specialty
- Hematology
- Subspecialty
- Hematology / Hemoglobinopathies
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected; Children: yes
- Gene(s) involved
- HBB
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Sickle cell acute chest syndrome
Etiology & mechanism
Sickling in lung microvasculature, infection and fat embolism.
Gene(s) involved (1)
Symptoms & signs (5)
In plain terms, someone with Acute chest syndrome may experience the following — click any to explore related syndromes:
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Shares symptoms with
3 shared
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chest pain, cough, fever
2 shared
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fever, hypoxia
2 shared
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cough, fever
2 shared
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cough, fever
2 shared
Katayama syndrome
cough, fever
2 shared
Lemierre syndrome
cough, fever
2 shared
Loeffler syndrome
cough, fever
2 shared
Middle East respiratory syndrome
cough, fever
2 shared
Organic dust toxic syndrome
cough, fever
1 shared
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
fever
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