Oestreich A E
J Natl Med Assoc. 1977 Aug;69(8):579-80.
Pneumococcal and mycoplasma infection of the lung or pleura, infarction of lung or pleura, local abscess below the diaphragm, and heart, kidney, or pancreas involvement are among the many causes of pleural effusion. Several of these have an increased likelihood of occurrence in sickle cell disease as a direct consequence of sicklemia or of the functional asplenia which develops. A patient is presented in whom many of these considerations arose.
肺炎球菌和支原体引起的肺部或胸膜感染、肺或胸膜梗死、膈下局部脓肿以及心脏、肾脏或胰腺受累是胸腔积液的诸多病因。其中一些病因在镰状细胞病中发生的可能性增加，这是镰状血症或所发展的功能性无脾的直接后果。本文介绍了一位出现诸多此类情况的患者。
