A superficial siderosis-related transient focal neurological episode in a patient with Marfan syndrome

Slaven Pikija; Eugen Trinka; Pfaff Johannes; Andreea Toma; Mahdi Safdarian

doi:10.1002/cdt3.63

A superficial siderosis-related transient focal neurological episode in a patient with Marfan syndrome

Chronic Dis Transl Med. 2023 Apr 21;9(3):269-272. doi: 10.1002/cdt3.63. eCollection 2023 Sep.

Authors

Slaven Pikija¹, Eugen Trinka^{1

2

3}, Pfaff Johannes⁴, Andreea Toma¹, Mahdi Safdarian¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Neurocritical Care and Neurorehabilitation, Centre of Cognitive Neuroscience, Christian Doppler University Hospital, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg Member of EpiCARE Salzburg Austria.
² Department of Neurology, Christian Doppler University Hospital, Centre of Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuroscience Institute Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg Austria.
³ Karl Landsteiner Institute for Neurorehabilitation and Space Neurology Salzburg Austria.
⁴ Department of Neuroradiology, Christian Doppler University Hospital, Centre of Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuroradiology Institute Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg Austria.

Abstract

Sagittal computed tomography of lumbal spine showing dural ectasia and Tarlow Cyst (red arrows) (A). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) axial slice, susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) sequences showing siderosis in cerebellar sulci (red arrows) and in the inset uncharacteristic iron deposition in dental nuclei, more pronounced on the left side (red arrows) (B, inset). MRI, SWI, axial slice, showing numerous foci of superficial siderosis (C).