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NEURONAL CEROIDLIPOFUSCINOSIS: CCT FINDINGS IN FOURTEEN PATIENTS
Author(s) -
LAGENSTEIN I.,
SCHWENDEMANN G.,
KÜHNE D.,
KOEPP P.,
STAHNKE N.,
STERNOWSKY H.J.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1981.tb06239.x
Subject(s) - medicine , atrophy , lateral ventricles , neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis , fourth ventricle , white matter , third ventricle , pathology , pediatrics , disease , anatomy , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology
. Lagenstein, I., Schwendemann, G., Kühne, D., Koepp, P., Stahnke, N., Sternowsky, H.‐J. (The Children's Hospital, Department of Neuropathology and Neuroradiology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, FRG). Neuronal ceroidlipofuscinosis: CCT findings in 14 patients. Acta Paediatr Scand, 70: 857, 1981.‐CTT was performed in 14 children/ adolescents with juvenile ceroid lipofuscinosis (JNCL) at different stages of the disease. CCT was normal in 7 patients; mildly abnormal in 3, clearly abnormal in another 3 and severely abnormal in 1 patient. Characteristic findings were symmetrical enlargement of subarachnoid spaces and of the lateral and third ventricles. White matter showed no changes in density. In later stages also the fourth ventricle was enlarged and cerebellar atrophy was seen. CCT findings were not closely correlated with onset and/or severity of the neurological abnormalities. CCT findings were positively correlated with age of the patients: CCT was usually normal if patients were less than 10 years old, and usually abnormal if patients were more than 14 years old.