Non-traumatic head swellings in a child with a sickle cell disease presented to a tertiary hospital North of Tanzania: A case report

Q4 Medicine
Isaac E. Mlay, R. Mbwasi
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Abstract

Abstract Sickle cell is the commonest inherited haemoglobin disorder in Sub-Saharan Africa. Often patients present with painful crises in the extremities. But rarely non-traumatic Sub-galeal hematoma whose pathogenesis is not clearly defined, presenting with scalp swellings can occur. We present a case, nine years old male, with this uncommon complication which is also known as Acute Soft Head Syndrome and was managed conventionally at a tertiary hospital in Tanzania with hydration, analgesics, blood transfusion and antibiotics with marked improvement within a week.    
坦桑尼亚北部一家三级医院就诊的一名镰状细胞病儿童的非创伤性头部肿胀:一例报告
摘要镰状细胞是撒哈拉以南非洲地区最常见的遗传性血红蛋白疾病。患者经常出现四肢疼痛的危象。但很少会发生非创伤性大风下血肿,其发病机制尚未明确,表现为头皮肿胀。我们报告了一例9岁男性病例,患有这种罕见的并发症,也称为急性软头综合征,在坦桑尼亚的一家三级医院进行了常规治疗,使用了水合作用、止痛药、输血和抗生素,在一周内有了显着改善。
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Tanzania Journal of Health Research
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