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Mental Nerve Anaesthesia; A Complication of Sickle Cell Crisis during Childbirth

From Volume 31, Issue 8, October 2004 | Pages 486-487

Authors

Helen Stevenson

BSc (Hons), BDS, MFDS RCS (Edin.)

Senior House Officer in Oral Medicine/Oral Surgery, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and School, Pembroke Place, L3 5PS

Articles by Helen Stevenson

Charlotte Boardman

BDS, MFDS RCS (Edin.)

Senior House Officer in Oral Medicine/Oral Surgery, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and School, Pembroke Place, L3 5PS

Articles by Charlotte Boardman

Patrick Chu

FRCP, FRCPath

Consultant Haematologist, Department of Haematology, The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Pembroke Place, L3 5PS

Articles by Patrick Chu

Anne Field

Senior Lecturer/Consultant in Oral Medicine, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and School, Pembroke Place, L3 5PS

Articles by Anne Field

Abstract

This report describes the case of an Afro-Caribbean lady diagnosed with sickle cell anaemia, who presented with permanent mental nerve anaesthesia as a result of a sickle cell crisis during childbirth.

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