"Watershed" infarction in sickle cell disease.
A classical "watershed" infarction pattern on brain scintigraphy was demonstrated in a seven-year-old black girl with sickle cell disease. Computed tomography (CT) showed minimal abnormalities compared to the characteristic findings on the radionuclide image.
D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply*; D002648:Child; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray