Superficial siderosis of the CNS associated with multiple cerebral cavernous malformation
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Superficial siderosis of the CNS associated with multiple cavernous malformations.
Superficial siderosis of the CNS due to chronic, recurrent subarachnoid hemorrhage is an uncommon and potentially debilitating disorder. The classic clinical manifestation is progressive bilateral sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), although ataxia and pyramidal signs also are observed frequently. Cavernous malformations rarely present with subarachnoid hemorrhage. We describe an unusual case of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0028-3878,1526-632X
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000345359.14275.f2