Spontaneous Intracranial Extradural Hematoma in Sickle Cell Disease

Abstract Spontaneous extradural hematoma is rare in patients with sickle cell disease. We report a clinical case of a 19-year-old young man with sickle cell anemia who presented a sickle cell crisis complicated by the development of multiple acute extradural and subgaleal hematomas that had not been...

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Main Authors: Dominique N'dri Oka, André Tokpa, Alpha Bah, Louis Derou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2015-02-01
Series:Journal of Neurological Surgery Reports
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0035-1544953