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Article

Superficial Siderosis: A Case Report

by
Nuno Canto Moreira
1,
Rūta Nylander
1,
Inesa Briaukaitė
2,
Severina Vėlyvytė
2,*,
Rymantė Gleiznienė
2 and
Eglė Monastyreckienė
2
1
Section of Neuroradiology, Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden
2
Department of Radiology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Medicina 2011, 47(6), 45; https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina47060045
Submission received: 10 March 2011 / Accepted: 23 June 2011 / Published: 28 June 2011

Abstract

Superficial siderosis of the central nervous system is the result of chronic recurrent hemorrhages (e.g., arteriovenous malformations, tumors, or trauma), which leads to the accumulation of cytotoxic hemosiderin and presents with hearing loss, cerebellar dysfunction, and myelopathy. This article presents a clinical case of an 11-year-old boy in whom the diagnosis of medulloblastoma was established. He underwent surgery, and after a few years, he began to complain of hearing loss. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed the cause of the hearing disturbance. The aim of this article is to review the recent literature related to the etiology, clinical and radiologic features of superficial siderosis, emphasizing the role of magnetic resonance imaging.
Keywords: superficial siderosis; magnetic resonance imaging superficial siderosis; magnetic resonance imaging

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Moreira, N.C.; Nylander, R.; Briaukaitė, I.; Vėlyvytė, S.; Gleiznienė, R.; Monastyreckienė, E. Superficial Siderosis: A Case Report. Medicina 2011, 47, 45. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina47060045

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Moreira NC, Nylander R, Briaukaitė I, Vėlyvytė S, Gleiznienė R, Monastyreckienė E. Superficial Siderosis: A Case Report. Medicina. 2011; 47(6):45. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina47060045

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Moreira, Nuno Canto, Rūta Nylander, Inesa Briaukaitė, Severina Vėlyvytė, Rymantė Gleiznienė, and Eglė Monastyreckienė. 2011. "Superficial Siderosis: A Case Report" Medicina 47, no. 6: 45. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina47060045

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