title: Superficial siderosis: A rare case of ataxia and otoneurological manifestations.
abstract: Superficial siderosis (SS) is a rare disease which affects people in all ages and both sexes, but three times more in men. Pathological etiology is deposition of hemosiderin (a product of the breakdown of blood) in leptomeninges, subpial layer, ependymal surface and other parts of central nervous system (CNS) and typically leads to neurological dysfunction and progressive irreversible signs and symptoms. We present a 33-year-old man with complete deafness in left ear, partial hearing loss in right ear, gait imbalance, bilateral frontotemporal throbbing headache and anosmia resulted from superficial siderosis.
authors.affiliation: Imam Hossein Hospital, Department of Neurology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Farhad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Assarzadegan
authors.forename: Elaheh
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ehsanpour
authors.forename: Behnam
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hosseini
authors.forename: Nahid
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Beladi-Moghadam
authors.forename: Behnam
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mansouri
authors.forename: Omid
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hesami
keywords: Hemosiderin; Neurological Dysfunction; Superficial Siderosis