title: Orbital compression syndrome in sickle cell crisis.
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.
authors.affiliation: Klinikum Esslingen, Paediatric Hospital, Esslingen, Germany. e.mueller@klinikum-esslingen.de
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Mueller
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Niethammer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rees
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Partsch
mesh_terms: D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004487:Edema / Q000175:diagnosis; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D005271:Femur Head Necrosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents