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Case Reports
. 1987 Oct;26(10):536-8.
doi: 10.1177/000992288702601009.

Proptosis, skull infarction, and retro-orbital and epidural hematomas in a child with sickle cell disease

A A Mallouh  1 , M Young, J Hamdan, M M Salamah
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Case Reports

Proptosis, skull infarction, and retro-orbital and epidural hematomas in a child with sickle cell disease

A A Mallouh et al. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 1987 Oct.

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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