MORPHOLOGICAL AND FUNCTIONAL-STUDY OF A CASE OF SUPERFICIAL SIDEROSISOF THE CENTRAL-NERVOUS-SYSTEM

We here describe a case of superficial siderosis (SS) of the central n ervous system (CNS), occurring in a patient with a previous lesion of the brachial plexus. Of the only 96 cases that have been described in the literature so far, there are now Jive with a positive history of a lesion due to the evulsion of the roots of the brachial plexus. This is the first time that, in addition to CT and MRI morphological invest igations, an SS patient has also been studied metabolically by means o f PET in an attempt to find new clues that may help to clarify the pat hogenesis of the disease.