Infarction of the orbit and paranasal sinuses in sickle cell disease
| Autor: | Seibert Rw, Frazier Ea, Joanna J. Seibert |
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| Rok vydání: | 1987 |
| Předmět: |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Frontal sinus business.industry Infarction General Medicine Disease Anemia Sickle Cell medicine.disease Surgery Paranasal sinuses medicine.anatomical_structure Paranasal Sinuses otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Humans In patient Sinusitis business Tomography X-Ray Computed Orbit Orbit (anatomy) Orbital apex |
| Zdroj: | Southern medical journal. 80(12) |
| ISSN: | 0038-4348 |
| Popis: | We have reported the case of a 19-year-old black man with sickle cell disease who had swelling over the right frontal and periorbital areas. Plain roentgenograms and CT scans were consistent with frontal sinus disease. At trephination, however, sterile liquescent blood clot was found in the frontal sinus. Awareness of the orbital apex syndrome and infarction of the orbit and sinuses in patients with sickle cell disease is necessary to prevent misdiagnosis of these conditions as suppurative sinusitis. |
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