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Syndrome thoracique aigu chez une gestante AS méconnue: à propos d’un cas

We report a case of acute thoracic syndrome diagnosed in a Congolese pregnant woman in whom sickle-cell trait was detected after admission to hospital for fever and respiratory symptoms. Paraclinical examinations performed to detect the cause of the disease were unhelpful. Chest X-ray showed infiltr...

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Autores principales: UfoyMungu, Yvette Neema, Nguma, Jean Didier Bosenge, Bosunga, Gédéon Katenga, Djangeing’a, Roland Marini, Agasa, Salomon Batina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6945380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31934252
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2019.34.110.19001
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Sumario:We report a case of acute thoracic syndrome diagnosed in a Congolese pregnant woman in whom sickle-cell trait was detected after admission to hospital for fever and respiratory symptoms. Paraclinical examinations performed to detect the cause of the disease were unhelpful. Chest X-ray showed infiltrates at the base of the lungs. Sickle SCAN test kit confirmed by liquid chromatography associated with mass spectrometry showed that the patient had sickle cell trait Symptoms were quite refractory to treatment. A favorable outcome was observed after expulsion of the fetus. Clinicians should suspect acute thoracic syndrome in pregnant women with sickle-cell trait because outcome can be favorable in the postpartum period.