Secondary intracranial hypertension with acute intracranial pressure crisis in superficial siderosis

PubMed, the Internet portal of biomedical and life sciences literature, indexed an interesting article, entitled Secondary intracranial hypertension with acute intracranial pressure crisis in superficial siderosis (J Clin Neurosci. 2008 Jul 22.). Authors are Linder S Nowak DA Rodiek SO et al., from the Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Academic Hospital Bogenhausen, Technical University of Munich, Germany. Superficial siderosis of the central nervous system is a very rare disease related to hemosiderin deposits in the brain, brainstem, cerebellum and spinal cord due to chronic subarachnoid hemorrhage. Chronic increased intracranial pressure develops in about one-third of affected cases. Our case emphasizes that patients with superficial siderosis may present with sudden elevation of intracranial pressure due to chronic intracranial hypertension. In this situation permanent CSF drainage provides a useful therapeutic option. To access the full abstract of the article, click here.