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Learning from errors
CASE REPORT
Superficial siderosis misdiagnosed as idiopathic bilateral neurosensorial deafness
  1. HA González-Usigli1,
  2. Teresa Perez-Torres2,
  3. Michel Saenz-Farret3,
  4. Paloma Rivero-Moragrega4
  1. 1 Department of Neurology, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social Delegacion Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico
  2. 2 Department of Neurology, Hospital de Especialidades del Centro Medico Nacional de Occidente IMSS, Guadalajara, Mexico
  3. 3 Department of Movement Disorders Clinic, UMANO “Unidad de Movimientos Anormales y Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas”, Guadalajara, Mexico
  4. 4 Department of Neuroscience, Centro de Investigación Biomédica de Occidente, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Guadalajara, Mexico
  1. Correspondence to Dr HA González-Usigli, hagu73imss{at}gmail.com

Summary

Superficial siderosis (SS) is a rare condition resulting from different sources of bleeding into the subpial space. The most common symptoms are: hypoacusia, ataxia, incontinence, dementia and parkinsonism. Since several neurodegenerative disorders may present with same clinical features, SS is often misdiagnosed. Here we present a case of SS misdiagnosed as idiopathic bilateral neurosensorial deafness.

  • trauma
  • neurology
  • neurological injury
  • ear, nose and throat/otolaryngology

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-222639

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors HAG-U is the intellectual author and final reviewer of the case. MS-F, TP-T and PR-M edited the manuscript and recollected information from the patient and his medical records.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.