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Two adult sickle cell homozygotes from the eastern oases of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia presented with severe persistent priapism. Each patient had a high Hb F of 24%, and their red cells were neither hypochromic nor microcytic. Priapism probably occurs more frequently in homozygous sickle cell disease than reported previously from this region. It would appear that a high fetal haemoglobin alone without hypochromia and microcytosis--features suggestive of co-existing alpha-thalassaemia--does not protect against this agonizing vaso-occlusive event.
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