Mental nerve anaesthesia; a complication of sickle cell crisis during childbirth.
This report describes the case of an Afro-Caribbean lady diagnosed with sickle cell anaemia, who presented with permanent mental nerve anaesthesia as a result of a sickle cell crisis during childbirth.
Stevenson
Helen
H
Liverpool University Dental Hospital and School.
Boardman
Charlotte
C
Chu
Patrick
P
Field
Anne
A
D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D002680:Chin / Q000294:innervation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006987:Hypesthesia / Q000209:etiology*; D008046:Lip / Q000294:innervation*; D036801:Parturition; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications