Multiple cranial neuropathies, trigeminal neuralgia, and vascular headaches in sickle cell disease, a possible common mechanism.
Patients with sickle cell disease are subject to a variety of neurologic complications. A patient with sickle cell disease and rarely noted features or complications is described. The association of abnormal (sickle-type) hemoglobin (Hgb S) with trigeminal and facial neuropathies and vascular headaches appeared to coincide with reactivation of the hematologic disease.
D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D003391:Cranial Nerves; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000209:etiology*; D014653:Vascular Headaches / Q000209:etiology*