Priapism in two children with sickle cell disease at Qateef Central Hospital

ABSTRACT

Two Saudi children with sickle cell disease were admitted at Qateef Central Hospital with sickle cell crises. The first patient from south-west of Saudi Arabia, was admitted with severe abdominal crisis. The second patient was from Eastern Province, was admitted with major sequestration crisis. Priapism was diagnosed in both patients after admission. Both of them were successfully treated conservatively. The possibility of this complication should be borne in mind when a child with sickle cell disease is presented in a crisis