Orbital infarction in sickle cell disease.
Bone infarction is a common occurrence in sickle cell disease. Described are three cases in which frontal headache, proptosis, and lid edema were seen with infarction of the orbital bone. Radionuclide scanning was useful in distinguished bone infarction from orbital infection in one case.
D000293:Adolescent; D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D009254:Nafcillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
D009254:Nafcillin; D000667:Ampicillin