CEREBRAL SIDEROSIS - A COMPLICATION OF ANTICOAGULANT-THERAPY

Citation
Nm. Desouza et al., CEREBRAL SIDEROSIS - A COMPLICATION OF ANTICOAGULANT-THERAPY, American journal of neuroradiology, 14(3), 1993, pp. 774-776
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,"Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
ISSN journal
01956108
Volume
14
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
774 - 776
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-6108(1993)14:3<774:CS-ACO>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The authors report a case of cerebral siderosis, a rare disease that g enerally follows multiple small episodes of subarachnoid hemorrhage fr om any source, following long-term anticoagulation and minor head inju ry, and document the features on MR, which demonstrates characteristic hypointensity in the meninges on T2-weighted scans.