Symptomatic Relief of Idiopathic Infratentorial Superficial Siderosis with Maintaining Supine Position
- Author:
Sungyang JO
1
;
Myung Ah KO
;
Dongwhane LEE
;
Hyuk Sung KWON
;
Sun U KWON
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Siderosis; Subdural effusion; Intracranial hypotension
- MeSH: Ataxia; Central Nervous System; Cerebellar Diseases; Hearing Loss; Hemorrhage; Hemosiderin; Intracranial Hypotension; Siderosis; Spinal Cord Diseases; Subarachnoid Space; Subdural Effusion; Supine Position
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2018;36(3):189-191
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: Superficial siderosis results from the deposition of hemosiderin in subpial layers of the central nervous system following hemorrhage in subarachnoid spaces. Infratentorial superficial siderosis (ISS) presents with unique clinical features including progressive hearing loss, ataxia, and myelopathy, and the most common cause of idiopathic ISS is dural abnormality. Here we report a case of idiopathic ISS with radiological findings of spontaneous intracranial hypotension, whose clinical symptoms of ISS including cerebellar dysfunction improved after supine position was maintained for 2 months.
