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Pediatric emergency care · Sep 2018
Case ReportsA Teenager With Sickle Cell Disease and Scalp Swelling.
- Courtney E Nelson and Richard J Scarfone.
- Pediatr Emerg Care. 2018 Sep 1; 34 (9): e168-e170.
AbstractAn intracranial bleed with a midline shift is a potentially life-threatening clinical condition. We present the unusual case of a 13-year-old boy with sickle cell disease who had numerous emergency department visits for a scalp hematoma and was subsequently determined to have subdural and epidural hematomas with midline shift, associated with a skull bone infarction. We review the pathophysiology of this unusual condition and emphasize the importance of including it in the differential diagnosis of any child with sickle cell anemia presenting with a nontraumatic scalp hematoma.
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