Vaso-occlusive Infarction of the Lateral Orbital Wall With Ipsilateral Temporalis Muscle Ischemia

J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2020 Oct 20:57:e78-e81. doi: 10.3928/01913913-20200812-01.

Abstract

An 18-month-old boy with sickle cell disease developed progressive left periorbital edema and temporalis fullness. Imaging revealed two inferotemporal subperiosteal fluid collections and adjacent temporalis muscle thickening. After undergoing an anterior orbitotomy with drainage and biopsy, the patient was diagnosed as having a vaso-occlusive sickle cell crisis involving the lateral orbit. [J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2020;57:e78-e81.].

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infarction / diagnosis
  • Infarction / etiology*
  • Ischemia / complications*
  • Ischemia / diagnosis
  • Male
  • Muscle, Skeletal / blood supply*
  • Orbit / blood supply*
  • Orbital Diseases / diagnosis
  • Orbital Diseases / etiology*