Superficial siderosis of the central nervous system in a patient with asymptomatic sacral paraganglioma as source of chronic bleeding.

Autors de IIS La Fe

• Luis Ricardo Prat Acín

  Autor

• Inmaculada Galeano Senabre

  Autor

• Jaime Ferrer Lozano

  Autor

Autors aliens a IIS La Fe

• García-Sánchez D
• Morales LL
• Ayuso-Sacido A

Grups d'Investigació

• Unidad Mixta de Investigación en Nanomedicina y Sensores

  Leader

  Ramón Martínez Máñez

Abstract

Superficial siderosis of the central nervous system is an infrequent pathology secondary to chronic bleeding into the cerebrospinal fluid. Spinal tumors are infrequent cause of superficial siderosis being ependymoma the most common etiology.

Keywords

• Central nervous system; Chronic bleeding; Hemosiderin; Magnetic resonance imaging; Paraganglioma; Superficial siderosis