Acute chest syndrome

Acute chest syndrome
SpecialtyPulmonology 

Acute chest syndrome is a vaso-occlusive crisis of the pulmonary vasculature commonly seen in people with sickle cell anemia. This condition commonly manifests with a new opacification of the lung(s) on a chest x-ray.

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