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VARGAS DIAZ, José et al. Repeated brain infarctions and sickle cell anemia in a child:: medical literature review. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 2009, vol.81, n.4, pp. 98-109. ISSN 1561-3119.

Among the most devastating neurologic complications from sickle-cell anemia are the ischemic and hemorrhagic ictus. The 11% of patients with SS hemoglobin (HbSS) has ictus before the twenties. This is the case of a child from the Congo aged 14 severely undernourished presenting with sickle-cell anemia and backgrounds of repeated ischemic ictus, seen in the "Cira García" International Clinic. Magnetic resonance showed signs of an old infarction at different levels of both hemispheres and encephalomalacia zones. This patient shows the natural course of the cerebrovascular complications of sickle-cell anemia.

Palabras clave : Brain infarctions; ictus; sickle-cell anemia; hydroxyurea; transcranial Doppler US.

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