Susac’s syndrome: a clinical and radiological challenge

Susac’s syndrome: a clinical and radiological challenge

We describe a patient with Susac’s syndrome presenting with the triad of encephalopathy, branch retinal artery occlusion and hearing loss. MRI has some characteristic features and can be helpful in establishing the diagnosis, particularly in an early stage before the classic triad is complete. Besid...

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Main Authors: I Raets, G Gelin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2012-11-01
Series:Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
Subjects:
Brain
diseases
Online Access:https://www.jbsr.be/articles/721
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spelling doaj-6236b0cad4004bcf9d8092d38605d9b52020-11-25T00:01:48ZengUbiquity PressJournal of the Belgian Society of Radiology2514-82812012-11-0195635535610.5334/jbr-btr.721721Susac’s syndrome: a clinical and radiological challengeI Raets0G Gelin1Department of Neurology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, BelgiumDepartment of Radiology, Ziekenhuis Oost- Limburg, Genk, BelgiumWe describe a patient with Susac’s syndrome presenting with the triad of encephalopathy, branch retinal artery occlusion and hearing loss. MRI has some characteristic features and can be helpful in establishing the diagnosis, particularly in an early stage before the classic triad is complete. Besides MRI often allows to differentiate this rare disorder from more common neurologic diseases like multiple sclerosis.https://www.jbsr.be/articles/721Braindiseases
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Susac’s syndrome: a clinical and radiological challenge
Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
Brain
diseases
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G Gelin
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title Susac’s syndrome: a clinical and radiological challenge
title_short Susac’s syndrome: a clinical and radiological challenge
title_full Susac’s syndrome: a clinical and radiological challenge
title_fullStr Susac’s syndrome: a clinical and radiological challenge
title_full_unstemmed Susac’s syndrome: a clinical and radiological challenge
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publisher Ubiquity Press
series Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
issn 2514-8281
publishDate 2012-11-01
description We describe a patient with Susac’s syndrome presenting with the triad of encephalopathy, branch retinal artery occlusion and hearing loss. MRI has some characteristic features and can be helpful in establishing the diagnosis, particularly in an early stage before the classic triad is complete. Besides MRI often allows to differentiate this rare disorder from more common neurologic diseases like multiple sclerosis.
topic Brain
diseases
url https://www.jbsr.be/articles/721
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