American Journal of Neuroradiology, Vol 14, Issue 3 774-776, Copyright © 1993 by American Society of Neuroradiology
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Cerebral siderosis: a complication of anticoagulant therapy?
NM deSouza, TC Cox, RD Hoare and CR Clarke
Department of Radiology, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
The authors report a case of cerebral siderosis, a rare disease that generally follows multiple small episodes of subarachnoid hemorrhage from any source, following long-term anticoagulation and minor head injury, and document the features on MR, which demonstrates characteristic hypointensity in the meninges on T2-weighted scans.