The occurrence of sickle cells in pleural fluid: report of a patient with sickle cell disease.
A 20 year old patient seen in sickle cell crises who presented clincally with pleural effusion, presumably on the basis of pulmonary infarction with subsequent infection, had many sickled red cells in the fluid. This occurrence has not hitherto been reported. Its importance from a diagnostic standpoint is pointed out, particularly in patients where the primary disease process is unsuspected.
D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D044383:Black People; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004913:Erythrocytes, Abnormal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000166:cytology*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology*