Clinical Imaging
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 217-221, May 2011

Superficial siderosis of the central nervous system: MR findings with susceptibility-weighted imaging

  • Jin Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
    • ,
  • Xiangyang Gong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310016, China. Tel.: +86 571 86943372; fax: +86 571 86006774.

Received 10 January 2010; accepted 1 April 2010. published online 21 July 2010.

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.

Keywords: Superficial siderosis, Magnetic resonance imaging, Susceptibility-weighted imaging

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PII: S0899-7071(10)00109-9

doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2010.06.003

Clinical Imaging
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 217-221, May 2011

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