Rapid resolution of organic mental syndrome in sickle cell anemia in response to exchange transfusion.
A 10-year-old boy with sickle cell anemia had a recurrent organic mental syndrome. On two occasions, symptoms and signs cleared promptly with exchange transfusion, and his neurologic condition was stable when the percentage of hemoglobin S was 19.4%.
D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D005078:Exchange Transfusion, Whole Blood; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*