| Literature DB >> 26009599 |
Abhimanyu Varshney1, Shilpa Sharma1, Santosh Dey1, Devendra K Gupta1.
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An 8-year-old girl suffering from hereditary spherocytosis underwent splenectomy for chronic severe anaemia. Surgery was uneventful and the patient had a good early postoperative recovery. On the third postoperative day, however, she developed severe headache with associated abnormal movements of upper limbs and nystagmus. She had a heart rate of 50 bpm and a blood pressure of 180/110 mm Hg. She was managed with triple antihypertensives, antiepileptics and sedatives. She recovered slowly over 2 weeks and is fine at 5 months follow-up. 2015 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26009599 PMCID: PMC4458590 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2014-209029
Source DB: PubMed Journal: BMJ Case Rep ISSN: 1757-790X