Sickle cell disease: Two fatalities due to bone marrow emboli in patients with acute chest syndrome

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-71

  Hawley, Dean A ^a,b   McCarthy, Leo J ^b  

^a Department of Pathology   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute chest syndrome; Bone marrow embolism; Fat embolism; Hemoglobinopathy; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; BACKACHE; BONE MARROW; BONE PAIN; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; FATALITY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHERMIA; JAUNDICE; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG EMBOLISM; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESUSCITATION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLEEN; SUDDEN DEATH; THORAX PAIN; VIRUS INFECTION; ACUTE DISEASE; ANOXIA; INFARCTION; LUNG; MALE; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY; VASCULARIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ANOXIA; BONE MARROW; CHEST PAIN; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; INFARCTION; LUNG; MALE; NECROSIS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 65249087345     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e3181873c90     Document Type: Article

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