MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING IN INFANTILE ENCEPHALOPATHY WITH CEREBRAL CALCIFICATION AND LEUKODYSTROPHY

被引:9
作者
BOLTSHAUSER, E [1 ]
STEINLIN, M [1 ]
BOESCH, C [1 ]
MARTIN, E [1 ]
SCHUBIGER, G [1 ]
机构
[1] CHILDRENS HOSP,DEPT PEDIAT,CH-6000 LUCERNE,SWITZERLAND
关键词
LEUKODYSTROPHY; CEREBRAL CALCIFICATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;
D O I
10.1055/s-2008-1071412
中图分类号
R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
学科分类号
摘要
Three children, one pair of siblings and a sporadic case, with "infantile (familial) encephalopathy with cerebral calcification and leukodystrophy" are reported. Neuroimaging studies demonstrated extensive bilateral calcifications particularly in paraventricular location and within the cerebral white matter. MRI, performed in two infants, confirmed marked white matter involvement with diffuse delay of myelination. This condition can be added to the growing list of leukodystrophies.
引用
收藏
页码:33 / 35
页数:3
相关论文
共 9 条
  • [1] A PROGRESSIVE FAMILIAL ENCEPHALOPATHY IN INFANCY WITH CALCIFICATIONS OF THE BASAL GANGLIA AND CHRONIC CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID LYMPHOCYTOSIS
    AICARDI, J
    GOUTIERES, F
    [J]. ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY, 1984, 15 (01) : 49 - 54
  • [2] ENCEPHALOPATHY WITH CALCIFICATIONS OF THE BASAL GANGLIA IN CHILDREN - A REAPPRAISAL OF FAHR SYNDROME WITH RESPECT TO 14 NEW CASES
    BILLARD, C
    DULAC, O
    BOULOCHE, J
    ECHENNE, B
    LEBON, P
    MOTTE, J
    ROBAIN, O
    SANTINI, JJ
    [J]. NEUROPEDIATRICS, 1989, 20 (01) : 12 - 19
  • [3] MAGNETIC-RESONANCE IMAGING OF THE BRAIN IN CONGENITAL CYTOMEGALO-VIRUS INFECTION
    BOESCH, C
    ISSAKAINEN, J
    KEWITZ, G
    KIKINIS, R
    MARTIN, E
    BOLTSHAUSER, E
    [J]. PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY, 1989, 19 (02) : 91 - 93
  • [4] COMBINED APPLICATION OF MR IMAGING AND SPECTROSCOPY IN NEONATES AND CHILDREN - INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF A 2.35-T SYSTEM IN A CLINICAL SETTING
    BOESCH, C
    MARTIN, E
    [J]. RADIOLOGY, 1988, 168 (02) : 481 - 488
  • [5] MRI IN COCKAYNE SYNDROME TYPE-I
    BOLTSHAUSER, E
    YALCINKAYA, C
    WICHMANN, W
    REUTTER, F
    PRADER, A
    VALAVANIS, A
    [J]. NEURORADIOLOGY, 1989, 31 (03) : 276 - 277
  • [6] DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES OF HUMAN-BRAIN - AN MR STUDY
    MARTIN, E
    KIKINIS, R
    ZUERRER, M
    BOESCH, C
    BRINER, J
    KEWITZ, G
    KAELIN, P
    [J]. JOURNAL OF COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY, 1988, 12 (06) : 917 - 922
  • [7] FAMILIAL CALCIFICATION OF THE BASAL GANGLIA WITH CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID PLEOCYTOSIS
    MEHTA, L
    TROUNCE, JQ
    MOORE, JR
    YOUNG, ID
    [J]. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS, 1986, 23 (02) : 157 - 160
  • [8] INFANTILE FAMILIAL ENCEPHALOPATHY WITH CEREBRAL CALCIFICATIONS AND LEUKODYSTROPHY
    RAZAVIENCHA, F
    LARROCHE, JC
    GAILLARD, D
    [J]. NEUROPEDIATRICS, 1988, 19 (02) : 72 - 79
  • [9] VALK J, 1989, MAGNETIC RESONANCE M