摘要： Introduction Central nervous system involvement is one of the most devastating aspects of *** The aims of this review are to document the range of neurological complications of sickle cell *** This is a prospective Hospital based, cross-sectional study. One hundred Sudanese patients with Sickle cell anemia were included in the study during the period from March to July *** The most common age group affected was below 20 years, Male to female ratio was almost equal, irritability & headache were the most common symptoms 41%, 40% respectively. Numbness was observed in 25%, hemiplegia in 24%, seizure in 19%, recurrence of hemiplegia occurred in 8%, gait was found to be spastic in 14%, limping gait (due to non neurological causes) in 7%, while inability to walk in 6% and cerebeller manifestation in 2%.Conclusion The study revealed high incidence of irritability and headache followed by numbness then hemiplegia. Hemiplegia is usually ischemic in children and hemorrhagic in adults. Silent brain infarcts occur in 17% of patients. Convulsions occur as an isolated event but frequently associated with stroke.

摘要： Introduction Neurology is a branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of disorders of the nervous *** To see the perception of Sudanese medical students towards *** About 300 medical students from 24 Sudanese medical colleges were involved in the study. A questionnaire including 17 questionsResults Male to female ratio 1:2, 33% are interested in neurology; most of the students (78%) have good knowledge about neurology. 80% think that neurology is difficult. 20% considers neurology as a future career option. 86% think that neurological signs difficult to detect. 33% think that neurological disease can be treated in spite of being complicated. 90% think that neurological cases are challenging and interesting. 60% think that neurological patients are uncooperative and difficult to examine. Almost 70% think that the majority of neurological disease have poor prognosis. Regarding neurological teaching 90% prefer rounds, 70% lectures, 60% videos, 50% tutorials .Almost 80% prefer to examine patient in private room and 20% in general ward. About 80% thinks that the difficult part of neurology is movement ***: Revolution of the style of teaching of neurology should be considered by neurologist.