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cortical superficial siderosis
Etiology:
- cerebral amyloid angiopathy
Pathology:
- deposition of hemosiderin deposition in subpial layers over cerebral convexities
Radiology:
- magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- PET scan: amyloid imaging with Pittsburgh compound B (PIB-PET)
General
hemosiderosis
References
- Na HK et al.
Cortical superficial siderosis: A marker of vascular amyloid
in patients with cognitive impairment.
Neurology 2015 Feb 24; 84:849
PMID: 25632096
http://www.neurology.org/content/84/8/849