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Pleuritic Chest Pain; Where Should We Search for? Gharib, Behdad; Ziaee, Vahid; Moradinejad, Mohammad-Hassan & Esmaeili, Sara Abstract Pleuritic pain is not an unusual problem in children. Other concomitant symptoms should be considered for diagnostic approach in a child with pleuritic chest pain. In this report we discuss chest pain in a 6-year-old child with regard to other signs and symptoms. Finally, we found a rare life-threatening complication of juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (JSLE) in our patient. Keywords Systemic Lupus Erythematosus; Chest Pain; Macrophage Activating Syndrome

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