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DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1071363
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
Serial Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies in a Case of Late Onset Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy
Publication History
Publication Date:
19 March 2008 (online)
Abstract
The late onset type of globoid cell leukodystrophy (GLD) is a rare disorder and only three magnetic resonance imaging (MR) studies have been reported for this disease. We report a sporadic case of late onset GLD. The illness started at the age of 3 years and 8 months with spastic gait. He became bedridden at the age of 4 years and 7 months. The diagnosis was made by deficient activity of galactosylceramidase in lymphocytes, and the biochemical and morphological examinations of the biopsied sural nerve were also conducted. Computed tomography (CT) and MR study revealed that the degenerative change of the white matter was initially recognized in the occipital and parietal lobes and then extended forward. Literature of the CT or MR findings of GLD is also reviewed.
Key words
Globoid cell leukodystrophy - Krabbe's disease - Galactosylceramidase - Magnetic resonance imaging - Computed tomography scan