Clinical pediatrics
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Clinical pediatrics · Oct 1987
Case ReportsProptosis, skull infarction, and retro-orbital and epidural hematomas in a child with sickle cell disease.
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.