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Abstract
A 47-year-old woman presented an episode of confusion and disorientation. According to remarkable psychiatric records, she had been treated for major depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder; however, no other relevant background was known. After preliminary examinations, blood analysis and neurological tests were unspecific and inconclusive. Therefore, the case was treated as a possible psychiatric episode related to her previous psychiatric disorders. However, due to the atypical presentation of the case, a cerebral MRI was performed, which demonstrated multiple central lesions of the corpus callosum (‘snowball lesions’), as well as several supratentorial white matter lesions. As a result of the follow-up of the case, sensorineural hearing loss and branch retinal artery were detected, which concluded in the classic triad and the confirmation of the diagnosis of a Susac syndrome.
- neuroimaging
- brain stem / cerebellum
- psychiatry
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Contributors MP-L: study concept and design, drafting of the manuscript, data collection and interpretation. IA-P: critical revision of the manuscript, analysis and interpretation of data. BR-B: critical revision and design of the manuscript, interpretation of data. DG-A: supervisor of the study, collection and interpretation of data, critical revision of the manuscript. All authors provided final approval of the version to be published and are guarantors.
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.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.
Patient consent for publication Obtained.