PEDIATRICS Vol. 67 No. 6 June 1981, pp. 879-881
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Orbital Infarction in Sickle Cell Disease

John P. Blank MD, CM1 and Frances M. Gill MD1

1 Division of Pediatric Hematology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Department of Pediatrics, The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia

Bone infarction is a common occurrence in sickle cell disease. Described are three cases in which frontal headache, proptosis, and lid edema were seen with infarction of the orbital bone. Radionuclide scanning was useful in distinguishing bone infarction from orbital infection in one case.

Submitted on August 5, 1980
Accepted on September 16, 1980