Case Report Brodie’s Abscess in a Patient Presenting with Sickle Cell Vasoocclusive Crisis

Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. First described by Sir Nicholas Brodie in 1832, Brodie’s abscess is a localized subacute or chronic infection of the bone, typically seen in themetaphases of long bones in children and adolescents.The diagnosis can prove to be enigmatic due to absence of clinical signs and symptoms of systemic disease. We report a very interesting case of Brodie’s abscess masquerading as sickle cell vasoocclusive crisis in a 20-year-old female with sickle cell disease and review the literature. 1