Girl With Progressive Head Enlargement and Gait Disturbance: Clinicoradiological Clues

Pediatr Neurol. 2019 Aug:97:80-81. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2019.01.011. Epub 2019 Jan 30.

Authors

Indar Kumar Sharawat¹, Renu Suthar²

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Neurology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
² Pediatric Neurology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. Electronic address: drrenusuthar@gmail.com.

PMID: 30808533
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2019.01.011

No abstract available

Keywords: Leukodystrophy; Macrocephaly; Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts; White matter changes.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use
Child, Preschool
Consanguinity
Cysts / complications
Cysts / diagnostic imaging*
Cysts / genetics
Exons / genetics
Female
Gait Disorders, Neurologic / etiology*
Hereditary Central Nervous System Demyelinating Diseases / complications
Hereditary Central Nervous System Demyelinating Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Hereditary Central Nervous System Demyelinating Diseases / genetics
Humans
Levetiracetam / therapeutic use
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Megalencephaly / etiology*
Membrane Proteins / genetics
Mutagenesis, Insertional
Neuroimaging*
Seizures / drug therapy
Seizures / etiology

Substances

Anticonvulsants
MLC1 protein, human
Membrane Proteins
Levetiracetam

Supplementary concepts

Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts