Adrenoleukodystrophy: new CT findings

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1983 Jul-Aug;4(4):951-4.

Abstract

Three cases of adrenoleukodystrophy are presented with sequential findings by computed tomography (CT). In two cases, CT confirmed not only the findings of several previous reports of a caudocranial direction of low-density white matter and contrast enhancement at the periphery of affected regions during the active demyelinating process, but also two other unusual features: (1) calcification in the affected white matter along the trigones of the lateral ventricles and (2) development of a mass effect during the active demyelinating period. Calcification alone without low-density white matter was the initial CT presentation in one case. Periventricular calcification may be specific for adrenoleukodystrophy in the appropriate clinical setting.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adrenoleukodystrophy / diagnostic imaging*
  • Adrenoleukodystrophy / pathology
  • Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Calcinosis / pathology
  • Cerebral Ventricles / pathology
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diffuse Cerebral Sclerosis of Schilder / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*