title: 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 treated surgically. We discuss the physiopathology of this event. Although it is rare, clinicians should be aware of this phenomenon as part of a spectrum of neurologic complications in these patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Yopougon University Hospital, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: N'dri Oka
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Yopougon University Hospital, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tokpa
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Conakry University Hospital, Conakry, Guinea.
authors.forename: Alpha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bah
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Yopougon University Hospital, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Derou
keywords: crisis; extradural hematoma; sickle cell disease; subgaleal hematoma