Infarctions of the ilia in young patients with sickle hemoglobinopathies.
Infarctions of the long bones in sickle cell anemia and some of its variant hemoglobinopathies are well known. Photopenia representing areas of acute infarctions of the ilia in two young children are presented as unusual presentations of bone ischemia.
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Alfred I. duPont Institute, Department of Medical Imaging, Wilmington, DE 19899.
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D006453:Hemoglobinopathies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007223:Infant; D007238:Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging