Skip to main content

Case 15

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
  • 750 Accesses

Abstract

A 37-year-old male, with previous onset of bilateral hearing loss, vertigo, headaches, and progressive cognitive decline 2 years ago. Presents with sudden right hemiparesis and paresthesia. On the neurological examination, he was disoriented, with incoherent speech and attention deficit. There was mild right hemibody and face weakness and bilateral Babinski sign.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.

References

  1. Seghers A, et al. Characteristic callosal involvement in Susac’s syndrome. Acta Neurol Belg. 2015;115(3):395–6.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Susac J, et al. MRI findings in Susac’s syndrome. Neurology. 2003;61:1783–7.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to José Eduardo Alves .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2018 Springer International Publishing AG

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Alves, J.E. (2018). Case 15. In: Xavier, J., Vasconcelos, C., Ramos, C. (eds) Diagnostic and Therapeutic Neuroradiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61140-2_15

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61140-2_15

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-319-61139-6

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-319-61140-2

  • eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics