Lacrimal gland enlargement in sickle cell disease.
Sickle cell disease (SCD) may have ocular complications. We present the a case of a patient with SCD, with an acute painful episode involving the limbs and periorbital region, who also twice developed an unusual complication of recurrent bilateral lacrimal gland enlargement, not previously reported in the medical literature.
Adewoye
Adeboye H
AH
Department of Medicine and The Center of Excellence in Sickle Cell Disease, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA. hadewoye@bu.edu
Ramsey
Jean
J
McMahon
Lillian
L
Sakai
Osamu
O
Steinberg
Martin H
MH
D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007765:Lacrimal Apparatus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents