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Abramson Z, Rabe D, Persaud Y. Pulmonary Microvascular Occlusion in Sickle Cell Disease. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2024; 46:e212-e213. [PMID: 38408090 PMCID: PMC10956660 DOI: 10.1097/mph.0000000000002834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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- Hematology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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Chamberlin JH, Ogbonna A, Abrol S, Maisuria D, Miller E, McGuire A, Knight H, O'Doherty J, Baruah D, Schoepf UJ, Munden RF, Kabakus IM. Enhancing diagnostic precision for acute chest syndrome in sickle cell disease: insights from dual-energy CT lung perfusion mapping. Emerg Radiol 2024; 31:73-82. [PMID: 38224366 DOI: 10.1007/s10140-024-02200-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 01/16/2024]
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PURPOSE Acute chest syndrome (ACS) is secondary to occlusion of the pulmonary vasculature and a potentially life-threatening complication of sickle cell disease (SCD). Dual-energy CT (DECT) iodine perfusion map reconstructions can provide a method to visualize and quantify the extent of pulmonary microthrombi. METHODS A total of 102 patients with sickle cell disease who underwent DECT CTPA with perfusion were retrospectively identified. The presence or absence of airspace opacities, segmental perfusion defects, and acute or chronic pulmonary emboli was noted. The number of segmental perfusion defects between patients with and without acute chest syndrome was compared. Sub-analyses were performed to investigate robustness. RESULTS Of the 102 patients, 68 were clinically determined to not have ACS and 34 were determined to have ACS by clinical criteria. Of the patients with ACS, 82.4% were found to have perfusion defects with a median of 2 perfusion defects per patient. The presence of any or new perfusion defects was significantly associated with the diagnosis of ACS (P = 0.005 and < 0.001, respectively). Excluding patients with pulmonary embolism, 79% of patients with ACS had old or new perfusion defects, and the specificity for new perfusion defects was 87%, higher than consolidation/ground glass opacities (80%). CONCLUSION DECT iodine map has the capability to depict microthrombi as perfusion defects. The presence of segmental perfusion defects on dual-energy CT maps was found to be associated with ACS with potential for improved specificity and reclassification.
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- Jordan H Chamberlin
- Department of Radiology and Radiologic Science, Medical University of South Carolina, 25 Courtenay Dr, Charleston, SC, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Radiologic Science, Medical University of South Carolina, 25 Courtenay Dr, Charleston, SC, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Radiologic Science, Medical University of South Carolina, 25 Courtenay Dr, Charleston, SC, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Radiologic Science, Medical University of South Carolina, 25 Courtenay Dr, Charleston, SC, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Radiologic Science, Medical University of South Carolina, 25 Courtenay Dr, Charleston, SC, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Radiologic Science, Medical University of South Carolina, 25 Courtenay Dr, Charleston, SC, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Radiologic Science, Medical University of South Carolina, 25 Courtenay Dr, Charleston, SC, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Radiologic Science, Medical University of South Carolina, 25 Courtenay Dr, Charleston, SC, USA
- Siemens Medical Solutions, Malvern, PA, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Radiologic Science, Medical University of South Carolina, 25 Courtenay Dr, Charleston, SC, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Radiologic Science, Medical University of South Carolina, 25 Courtenay Dr, Charleston, SC, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Radiologic Science, Medical University of South Carolina, 25 Courtenay Dr, Charleston, SC, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Radiologic Science, Medical University of South Carolina, 25 Courtenay Dr, Charleston, SC, USA.
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Okada M, Nomura T, Kunihiro Y, Takegami K, Uehara T, Tokurei S. Lung iodine mapping images of acute postpartum dyspnea without pulmonary thromboembolism using dual-energy CT. Acta Radiol 2023; 64:2401-2408. [PMID: 37203191 DOI: 10.1177/02841851231174460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Postpartum dyspnea is commonly observed, but its cause is often unknown. PURPOSE To investigate postpartum dyspnea, we compared lung iodine mapping (LIM) using dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) between postpartum women and women suspected of having pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE). MATERIAL AND METHODS In this retrospective study, 109 women of reproductive age (50 postpartum women, 59 women unrelated to pregnancy) underwent DECT between March 2009 and August 2020. Among the postpartum women, 23 patients were excluded due to late-onset dyspnea (n=20: >48 h after delivery) or the presence of PTE (n=3). A total of 86 patients were divided into three groups (27 postpartum women [postpartum group], 19 women with PTE [PTE group], and 40 women without PTE [non-PTE group]). Quantitation was applied to a decreased LIM value (LIM5; defined as <5 HU) and the relative value of LIM5 to whole LIM volume (%LIM5). LIM defects were classified into five patterns (0 = none, 1 = wedge-shaped, 2 = reticular/liner, 3 = diffuse granular/patchy, 4 = massive defects) based on a consensus between two readers. RESULTS There were significant differences in the LIM5 and %LIM5 values among the three groups. The LIM5 and %LIM5 were largest in the PTE group, and postpartum women showed intermediate values between the non-PTE and PTE groups. Wedge-shaped defects were prominent in the PTE group, and diffuse granular/patchy defect was a typical feature in the postpartum group. CONCLUSION Postpartum women with dyspnea showed granular/patchy defects on DECT with a median quantitative value between the PTE and non-PTE groups.
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- Munemasa Okada
- Department of Radiology, National Hospital Organization, Kanmon Medical Center, Shimonoseki, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Ube-Kohsan Central Hospital, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Yamaguchi University Hospital, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Yamaguchi University Hospital, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Radiological Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Junshin Gakuen University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Chiang KC, Gupta A, Sundd P, Krishnamurti L. Thrombo-Inflammation in COVID-19 and Sickle Cell Disease: Two Faces of the Same Coin. Biomedicines 2023; 11:338. [PMID: 36830874 PMCID: PMC9953430 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines11020338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2022] [Revised: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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People with sickle cell disease (SCD) are at greater risk of severe illness and death from respiratory infections, including COVID-19, than people without SCD (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA). Vaso-occlusive crises (VOC) in SCD and severe SARS-CoV-2 infection are both characterized by thrombo-inflammation mediated by endothelial injury, complement activation, inflammatory lipid storm, platelet activation, platelet-leukocyte adhesion, and activation of the coagulation cascade. Notably, lipid mediators, including thromboxane A2, significantly increase in severe COVID-19 and SCD. In addition, the release of thromboxane A2 from endothelial cells and macrophages stimulates platelets to release microvesicles, which are harbingers of multicellular adhesion and thrombo-inflammation. Currently, there are limited therapeutic strategies targeting platelet-neutrophil activation and thrombo-inflammation in either SCD or COVID-19 during acute crisis. However, due to many similarities between the pathobiology of thrombo-inflammation in SCD and COVID-19, therapies targeting one disease may likely be effective in the other. Therefore, the preclinical and clinical research spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, including clinical trials of anti-thrombotic agents, are potentially applicable to VOC. Here, we first outline the parallels between SCD and COVID-19; second, review the role of lipid mediators in the pathogenesis of these diseases; and lastly, examine the therapeutic targets and potential treatments for the two diseases.
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- KARE Biosciences, Orange, CA 89128, USA
- Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Kidney Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine (UCI) School of Medicine, Irvine, CA 92868, USA
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- Vascular Medicine Institute and Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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