Megalencephalic Cystic Leukoencephalopathy

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-17-7-9

Keywords:

Megalencephalic Leukoencephalopathy, Homozygous Missense Mutation, Alexander Diseases

Abstract

A 41 year-old Japanese male diagnosed with megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy (MLC) with subcortical cysts (van der Knaap disease), presenting at 1 year of age with macrocephaly, slowly progressing after 5 years, seizures beginning at 11 years, completely bed ridden at 18 years, and with long survival, is reported from Tokyo Metropolitan Higashiyamato Medical Center for the Severely Disabled, Japan.

Published

2003-07-01

Issue

Section

Degenerative Diseases