title: The importance of suspecting superficial siderosis of the central nervous system in clinical practice.
abstract: Once the central nervous system surface is greatly encrusted with haemosiderin, even removing the source of bleeding will have little effect on the progression of clinical deterioration. Superficial siderosis of the central nervous system is rare and insidious, but magnetic resonance imaging has turned a previously late, mainly autoptical diagnosis into an easy, specific, in vivo, and possibly early one. Avoiding long diagnostic delay will be very important in those cases susceptible of causal treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroradiology, Umberto I Hospital and University of Ancona, Torrette, Ancona, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Messori
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Di Bella
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Herber
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Logullo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruggiero
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Salvolini
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001284:Atrophy / Q000473:pathology; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D002420:Cauda Equina / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002524:Cerebellar Ataxia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D004576:Electromyography; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006485:Hemosiderin / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006987:Hypesthesia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000503:physiopathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000503:physiopathology; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D020335:Paraparesis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D012806:Siderosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D006485:Hemosiderin