Brain infarction following elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a patient with sickle cell disease and previously undetected Moyamoya syndrome

• Main Authors: Jamal Al Hudhaif (Author), Adel Ahmed Al Fayez (Author), Azzah Saleh Alzahrani (Author), Mohammed Al Rajhi (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Elsevier, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objective: We report a 7 year-old boy, known case of sickle cell disease, who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy for gallstones. He sustained brain insult due to undiagnosed MoyaMoya syndrome. The purpose of this report is to familiarize the healthcare community with similar events and discuss p...