title: Cerebral infarction in sickle cell trait.
abstract: Sickle cell disease is known to predispose patients to the risk of cerebral infarction. However, only scattered reports exist of the neurological sequelae of the sickle cell trait. Only 8 cases are reported in the English literature, in some of which the sickle cell trait was not documented by hemoglobin electrophoresis. This report describes 2 men, age 35 and 24 years, who developed acute cerebral infarction. Investigation revealed no apparent cause for the lesion other than the sickle cell trait.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000209:etiology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006451:Hemoglobin, Sickle / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012805:Sickle Cell Trait / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D006451:Hemoglobin, Sickle