title: Superficial siderosis of the central nervous system: MR findings with susceptibility-weighted imaging.
abstract: We report three cases of superficial siderosis of the central nervous system examined with MR susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) technique additional to the conventional SE sequence. Deposition of hemosiderin on SWI images is thicker and far more conspicuous compare with conventional T2-weighted images. Additional intracerebral bleeds are evidenced on susceptibility-weighted images in all three cases, which provide possible clues to the underlining etiology of superficial siderosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiangyang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gong
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012806:Siderosis / Q000175:diagnosis*