Proptosis, Skull Infarction, and Retro-orbital and Epidural Hematomas in a Child With Sickle Cell Disease

Ahmad A. Mallouh(Dhahran Health Center), Mark Young(Dhahran Health Center), Jahed Hamdan(Dhahran Health Center), Mohammad M. Salamah(Dhahran Health Center)
Clinical Pediatrics
October 1, 1987
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Abstract

A Saudi child with homozygous sickle cell disease (SS) presented with bilateral periorbital swelling, right-sided proptosis, skull bone infarcts, and retro-orbital and epidural hematomas. The findings of skull bone infarcts, retro-orbital and epidural hematomas are rare in patients with sickle cell disease.


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