Abstract
This article is about a 9-year-old boy with known homozygous sickle cell disease who developed unilateral exophthalmia and eyelid swelling during a sickle cell crisis. The symptoms were due to a vaso-occlusive event in the orbital bones,known as orbital compression syndrome, which is a rare complication of sickle cell disease.
MeSH terms
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Anemia, Sickle Cell / diagnosis*
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Anemia, Sickle Cell / therapy
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
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Arterial Occlusive Diseases / diagnosis*
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Arterial Occlusive Diseases / therapy
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Blood Transfusion
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Child
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Drug Therapy, Combination
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Edema / diagnosis
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Exophthalmos / diagnosis*
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Exophthalmos / therapy
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Femur Head Necrosis / diagnosis
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Femur Head Necrosis / therapy
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Humans
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Male
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Orbit / blood supply
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Orbit / pathology
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Orbital Diseases / diagnosis*
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Orbital Diseases / therapy