title: Superficial siderosis of the central nervous system: a case with an unruptured intracranial aneurysm.
abstract: We present a case of superficial siderosis (SS) of the central nervous system (CNS) with an unruptured intracranial aneurysm to illustrate that the commonly encountered unexplainable progressive sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) can be an important sign for the early awareness of this rare disorder. The literature on SS is reviewed and the pathogenesis of SS is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohmichi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yuen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Egusa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yorizane
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Masuda
mesh_terms: D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D012806:Siderosis / Q000150:complications*