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Arquivos de Medicina

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Abstract

CARIDADE, Sofia; MACHADO, Álvaro  and  FERREIRA, Carla. Stroke in a Patient with Sickle Cell Anemia. Arq Med [online]. 2007, vol.21, n.5-6, pp.155-157. ISSN 2183-2447.

Stroke in patients with sickle cell anemia is multifactorial but occurs mainly by 2 mechanisms: occlusive arteriopathy and obliteration of small vessels with plugs of sickle cells. The high individual risk can be assessed by simple and well-defined strategies such as ultrasounds with transcranial and cervical Doppler Ultrasonography. The authors report the clinical case of a 25 year-old black female patient with sickle cell anemia, who was admitted with right hemiparesis. Cerebral MRI showed small recent fronto-temporo-parietal cortical-subcortical infarcts and several, older, posterior periventricular lacunae of left preponderance. A brief discussion is made, with particular emphasis on the proper treatment and prevention of its cerebrovascular complications.

Keywords : stroke; sickle cell disease.

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