Femoral bone infarction revealing compound heterozygous SC sickle cell disease in a Moroccan patient

Femoral bone infarction revealing compound heterozygous SC sickle cell disease in a Moroccan patient

Double heterozygosity SC is a major sickle cell syndrome. Its course may be marked by severe or irreversible complications, such as bone infarction. We here report the case of a 17-year-old patient presenting with compound heterozygous SC sickle cell disease following severe knee pain (gonalgia) in...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Pan African medical journal 2020, Vol.36, p.361
Hauptverfasser: Bennis, Fatima-Zahrae, Biaz, Asmae, Zkik, Aida, Rachid, Achraf, Bouhsain, Sanae, Dami, Abdellah, Samira, Elmachtani Idrissi
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Sprache:fre
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Adolescent
Anemia, Sickle Cell - complications
Anemia, Sickle Cell - diagnosis
Femur - pathology
Humans
Infarction - diagnosis
Infarction - etiology
Knee Joint - pathology
Male
Morocco
Pain - etiology
Prognosis
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Zusammenfassung:Double heterozygosity SC is a major sickle cell syndrome. Its course may be marked by severe or irreversible complications, such as bone infarction. We here report the case of a 17-year-old patient presenting with compound heterozygous SC sickle cell disease following severe knee pain (gonalgia) in order to highlight the risk of delayed diagnosis as well as the need for prevention policies guiding early screening, thus improving patients' management and prognosis.
ISSN:1937-8688