Diffuse cerebral oedema from sickle cell vaso-occlusive crisis

BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Aug 10:2017:bcr2017221345. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-221345.
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Keywords: hydrocephalus; moyamoya; neuroimaging; neurology; sickle cell disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / complications*
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / physiopathology
  • Brain Edema / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain Edema / etiology*
  • Cerebral Arteries / abnormalities
  • Cerebral Arteries / diagnostic imaging
  • Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / etiology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus / diagnostic imaging
  • Hydrocephalus / etiology
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / etiology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Moyamoya Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Moyamoya Disease / etiology*