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

Ahmad A. Mallouh, MD

Department of Pediatrics, Dhahran Health Center, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Mark Young, MD

Department of Pediatrics, Dhahran Health Center, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Jahed Hamdan, MD

Department of Pediatrics, Dhahran Health Center, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Mohammad M. Salamah, MD

Department of Pediatrics, Dhahran Health Center, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

A Saudi child with homozygous sickle cell discease (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.

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 26, No. 10, 536-538 (1987)
DOI: 10.1177/000992288702601009
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