Frontal and orbital bone infarctions causing periorbital swelling in patients with sickle cell anemia
I. Garty, A. Koren and H. Garzozi
Two cases of unilateral and bilateral periorbital hematomas occurred in
patients with sickle cell anemia. The cause of periorbital swelling in
these cases was found to be orbital and frontal bone infarctions,
respectively, diagnosed by technetium Tc 99m medronate bone scintigraphy.
To our knowledge, periorbital bone infarction, as a part of the
differential diagnosis of periorbital hematoma and as part of the possible
ocular manifestations in patients with sickle cell anemia, has not
previously been described.
