Superficial siderosis of central nervous system in a patient with hemophilia

Superficial siderosis of central nervous system is a rare disease that consists in the continuous subarachnoid leakage of red blood cells into subarachnoid space, leading to progressive neurological deficits. We present the first clinical description of a patient with superficial siderosis and hemop...

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Main Authors: Roberto López-Blanco, Alicia Bartolomé-Villar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751918302792
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description Superficial siderosis of central nervous system is a rare disease that consists in the continuous subarachnoid leakage of red blood cells into subarachnoid space, leading to progressive neurological deficits. We present the first clinical description of a patient with superficial siderosis and hemophilia as the trigger of bleedings. Brain MRI was crucial for diagnosis. Keywords: Superficial siderosis, Hemophilia, Spinal cyst, Spastic paraparesis
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spelling doaj.art-22623a3421f3423c9fe9f3ec9d55b0af2022-12-21T22:54:53ZengElsevierInterdisciplinary Neurosurgery2214-75192019-12-0118Superficial siderosis of central nervous system in a patient with hemophiliaRoberto López-Blanco0Alicia Bartolomé-Villar1Neurology Section, Hospital Virgen de la Poveda, Villa del Prado, Madrid, Spain; Health Research Institute, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain; Corresponding author at: Neurology Section, Hospital Virgen de la Poveda, Villa del Prado, Ctra. del Hospital, km. 5, 28630 Madrid, Spain.Radiology Department, Hospital FREMAP Majadahonda, Madrid, SpainSuperficial siderosis of central nervous system is a rare disease that consists in the continuous subarachnoid leakage of red blood cells into subarachnoid space, leading to progressive neurological deficits. We present the first clinical description of a patient with superficial siderosis and hemophilia as the trigger of bleedings. Brain MRI was crucial for diagnosis. Keywords: Superficial siderosis, Hemophilia, Spinal cyst, Spastic paraparesishttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751918302792
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title Superficial siderosis of central nervous system in a patient with hemophilia
title_full Superficial siderosis of central nervous system in a patient with hemophilia
title_fullStr Superficial siderosis of central nervous system in a patient with hemophilia
title_full_unstemmed Superficial siderosis of central nervous system in a patient with hemophilia
title_short Superficial siderosis of central nervous system in a patient with hemophilia
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