Nadia Parvar
1, Ali Reza Moayedi
1, Sepehr Rasekhi
2*1 Departments of Pediatrics, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran
2 Student Research Committee, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran
*Corresponding Author: *Corresponding author: Sepehr Rasekhi, Medical Student of Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran; Email: ; Tel: +989363945856., Email:
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Abstract
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a known inherited hemoglobin disorder featured by the presence of sickle shaped erythrocytes in the blood. It can cause cerebrovascular accident (CVA) in adults and children and is responsible for the majority of the strokes in children. Repeated blood transfusion are often required in an attempt to dilute blood thus reducing the risk of vaso-occlusion and stroke in this patients. We report a case of a 13 months old boy, known patient of sickle cell disease with some special signs and symptoms.