Neurological symptoms and MR follow up findings in 13 patients with Sneddon syndrome
Patients (sex/year of birth) | Diagnosis of SS | Non-specific symptoms | Annual rate of TIAs | Duration of TIAs (min) | Treatment | Progression of clinical symptoms | White matter lesions 1990 (cortical-subcortical versus periventricular lesions) | White matter lesions 1996 (cortical-subcortical versus periventricular lesions) |
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H, headache; V, vertigo; M, migraine; TIA, transient ischaemic attack; white matter lesions, number of lesions in MRI involving the cortical-subcortical watershed compared with number of lesions in the periventricular white matter; ASS, aspirin. | ||||||||
1/F/1957 | 1986 | H,V | 2 | 10–20 | no | no | 2/18 | 2/18 |
2/F/1939 | 1984 | H | – | – | no | no | 6/12 | 7/12 |
3/F/1959 | 1990 | M | – | – | no | no | 2/15 | 2/17 |
4/F/1957 | 1986 | H | – | – | no | no | 39/3 | 40/4 |
5/F/1944 | 1965 | M, V | 12 | 10–20 | no | no | 11/1 | 12/1 |
6/F/1955 | 1984 | M, V | 2 | 5–10 | no | no | 10/6 | 12/9 |
7/F/1947 | 1990 | V | – | – | ASS 50 mg | no | 3/12 | 5/16 |
8/F/1936 | 1979 | H, V | 20 | 5–10 | no | yes | 21/16 | 28/21 |
9/M/1942 | 1990 | H, V | 5 | 10–20 | ASS 50 mg | no | 4/3 | 9/4 |
10/F/1959 | 1991 | H | 4 | 5–10 | no | no | 5/4 | 8/4 |
11/F/1953 | 1984 | H | – | – | no | no | 23/1 | 25/1 |
12/F/1949 | 1991 | H, V | 7 | 10–20 | ASS 50 mg | no | 15/3 | 15/3 |
13/F/1969 | 1990 | – | – | – | no | no | 1/1 | 1/1 |