title: Recurrent infarction of sphenoid bone with subperiosteal collection in a child with sickle cell disease.
abstract: Infarction of the orbital bone in patients with sickle cell disease is very rare. The authors report a young boy who presented twice with marked acute proptosis and eyelid swelling of the right eye resulting from infarction in the greater wing of the sphenoid bone accompanied by an orbital subperiosteal collection. The time interval between the 2 attacks was 3 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. adelsu@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Adel H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Alsuhaibani
authors.forename: Mohammed Abu
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Marzouk
mesh_terms: D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000209:etiology; D058447:Eye Pain / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D010521:Periosteum / Q000473:pathology*; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000098:blood supply*