Case Report
Early Diagnosis and Management of Extracranial Carotid Vasculopathy in Mitigating Neurological Complications of Sickle Cell Disease
| Sri Hari Sundararajan* | |
| Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, USA | |
| Corresponding Author : | Sri Hari Sundararajan Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School of Radiology MEB 404, New Brunswick, NJ 08093, USA Tel: 6469155621 E-mail: ssundararajan@univrad.com |
| Received: July 02, 2015 Accepted: July 16, 2015 Published: July 20, 2015 | |
| Citation: Sundararajan SH (2015) Early Diagnosis and Management of Extracranial Carotid Vasculopathy in Mitigating Neurological Complications of Sickle Cell Disease. OMICS J Radiol 4:195. doi:10.4172/2167-7964.1000195 | |
| Copyright: © 2015 Sundararajan SH. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
Abstract
While cerebral vasculopathy is a well-known early complication of sickle cell disease that has warranted transcranial doppler surveillance, little has been documented regarding the role of cervical circulation in the development of cerebrovascular events and transient ischemic attacks amongst sickle cell patients. We present the unique case of a symptomatic 18-year-old male with sickle cell disease found to have critical cervical carotid stenosis in the absence of significant intracranial vasculopathy. Increased awareness of the potential role of the extracranial circulation in the development of sickle cell related cerebrovascular events is warranted.
