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Lacrimal gland enlargement in sickle cell disease
Author(s) -
Adewoye Adeboye H.,
Ramsey Jean,
McMahon Lillian,
Sakai Osamu,
Steinberg Martin H.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
american journal of hematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.456
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1096-8652
pISSN - 0361-8609
DOI - 10.1002/ajh.20658
Subject(s) - medicine , lacrimal gland , complication , disease , surgery , hemoglobinopathy , pathology
Sickle cell disease (SCD) may have ocular complications. We present the a case of a patient with SCD, with an acute painful episode involving the limbs and periorbital region, who also twice developed an unusual complication of recurrent bilateral lacrimal gland enlargement, not previously reported in the medical literature. Am. J. Hematol., 2006. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.