Advanced sickle cell associated interstitial lung disease presenting with cor pulmonale in a Nigerian

Previous studies have reported abnormal pulmonary function and pulmonary hypertension among Nigerians with sickle cell disease, but there is no report of interstitial lung disease among them. We report a Nigerian sickle cell patient who presented with computed tomography proven interstitial lung dis...

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Autores principales: Fawibe, Ademola Emmanuel, Kolo, Philip Manman, Ogunmodede, James Ayodele, Desalu, Olufemi Olumuyiwa, Salami, Kazeem Alakija
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3530248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23271856
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0300-1652.103552
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author Fawibe, Ademola Emmanuel
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Ogunmodede, James Ayodele
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Salami, Kazeem Alakija
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description Previous studies have reported abnormal pulmonary function and pulmonary hypertension among Nigerians with sickle cell disease, but there is no report of interstitial lung disease among them. We report a Nigerian sickle cell patient who presented with computed tomography proven interstitial lung disease complicated by pulmonary hypertension and cor pulmonale.
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spelling pubmed-35302482012-12-27 Advanced sickle cell associated interstitial lung disease presenting with cor pulmonale in a Nigerian Fawibe, Ademola Emmanuel Kolo, Philip Manman Ogunmodede, James Ayodele Desalu, Olufemi Olumuyiwa Salami, Kazeem Alakija Niger Med J Case Report Previous studies have reported abnormal pulmonary function and pulmonary hypertension among Nigerians with sickle cell disease, but there is no report of interstitial lung disease among them. We report a Nigerian sickle cell patient who presented with computed tomography proven interstitial lung disease complicated by pulmonary hypertension and cor pulmonale. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3530248/ /pubmed/23271856 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0300-1652.103552 Text en Copyright: © Nigerian Medical Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Salami, Kazeem Alakija
Advanced sickle cell associated interstitial lung disease presenting with cor pulmonale in a Nigerian
title Advanced sickle cell associated interstitial lung disease presenting with cor pulmonale in a Nigerian
title_full Advanced sickle cell associated interstitial lung disease presenting with cor pulmonale in a Nigerian
title_fullStr Advanced sickle cell associated interstitial lung disease presenting with cor pulmonale in a Nigerian
title_full_unstemmed Advanced sickle cell associated interstitial lung disease presenting with cor pulmonale in a Nigerian
title_short Advanced sickle cell associated interstitial lung disease presenting with cor pulmonale in a Nigerian
title_sort advanced sickle cell associated interstitial lung disease presenting with cor pulmonale in a nigerian
topic Case Report
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