Susac’s syndrome: a clinical and radiological challenge
We describe a patient with Susac’s syndrome presenting with the triad of encephalopathy, branch retinal artery occlusion and hearing loss. MRI has some characteristic features and can be helpful in establishing the diagnosis, particularly in an early stage before the classic triad is complete. Besid...
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2012-11-01
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| description | We describe a patient with Susac’s syndrome presenting with the triad of encephalopathy, branch retinal artery occlusion and hearing loss. MRI has some characteristic features and can be helpful in establishing the diagnosis, particularly in an early stage before the classic triad is complete. Besides MRI often allows to differentiate this rare disorder from more common neurologic diseases like multiple sclerosis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6236b0cad4004bcf9d8092d38605d9b52022-12-22T00:28:38ZengUbiquity PressJournal of the Belgian Society of Radiology2514-82812012-11-0195635535610.5334/jbr-btr.721721Susac’s syndrome: a clinical and radiological challengeI Raets0G Gelin1Department of Neurology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, BelgiumDepartment of Radiology, Ziekenhuis Oost- Limburg, Genk, BelgiumWe describe a patient with Susac’s syndrome presenting with the triad of encephalopathy, branch retinal artery occlusion and hearing loss. MRI has some characteristic features and can be helpful in establishing the diagnosis, particularly in an early stage before the classic triad is complete. Besides MRI often allows to differentiate this rare disorder from more common neurologic diseases like multiple sclerosis.https://www.jbsr.be/articles/721Braindiseases |
| spellingShingle | I Raets G Gelin Susac’s syndrome: a clinical and radiological challenge Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology Brain diseases |
| title | Susac’s syndrome: a clinical and radiological challenge |
| title_full | Susac’s syndrome: a clinical and radiological challenge |
| title_fullStr | Susac’s syndrome: a clinical and radiological challenge |
| title_full_unstemmed | Susac’s syndrome: a clinical and radiological challenge |
| title_short | Susac’s syndrome: a clinical and radiological challenge |
| title_sort | susac s syndrome a clinical and radiological challenge |
| topic | Brain diseases |
| url | https://www.jbsr.be/articles/721 |
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