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A. E. Niebanck, A. N. Pollock, K. Smith-Whitley, L. J. Raffini, R. A. Zimmerman, K. Ohene-Frempong and J. L. Kwiatowski, “Headache in Children with Sickle Cell Disease: Prevalence and Associated Factors,” Journal of Pediatrics, Vol. 151, No. 1, 2007, pp. 67-72.

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• TITLE: Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension in Sickle Cell Disease: A Paediatric Case Report

  AUTHORS: Bharath Gowda, Sanjay Sahi

  KEYWORDS: Sickle Cell Disease; Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension; Headache in Children

  JOURNAL NAME: Neuroscience and Medicine, Vol.4 No.4, December 2, 2013

  ABSTRACT: In this article, we present the case of a 12-year-old girl with sickle cell disease (SCD), who presented with the severe headache. She had bilateral 6th cranial nerve palsy and papilloedema. The common sickle cell-related vascular causes of headache were ruled out by neuro-imaging. She then had a lumbar puncture and was diagnosed with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). This case demonstrates that IIH can affect younger children with SCD and should form a part of differential diagnosis when investigating causes of headache in SCD.