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ReviewJournal of ultrasound2023

Canavan's spongiform leukodystrophy (Aspartoacylase deficiency) with emphasis on sonographic features in infancy: description of a case report and review of the literature.

Leon Rossler, Stefan Lemburg, Almut Weitkämper, Charlotte Thiels, Sabine Hoffjan, Huu Phuc Nguyen, Thomas Lücke, Christoph M Heyer

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Review in Journal of ultrasound, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Leon RosslerKlinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Katholisches Klinikum Bochum, St. Josef-Hospital, Alexandrinenstr. 5, 44791, Bochum, Germany. leon.rossler@klinikum-bochum.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7139-4890
Stefan LemburgKlinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Katholisches Klinikum Bochum, St. Josef-Hospital, Alexandrinenstr. 5, 44791, Bochum, Germany.
Almut WeitkämperKlinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Katholisches Klinikum Bochum, St. Josef-Hospital, Alexandrinenstr. 5, 44791, Bochum, Germany.
Charlotte ThielsKlinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Katholisches Klinikum Bochum, St. Josef-Hospital, Alexandrinenstr. 5, 44791, Bochum, Germany.
Sabine HoffjanZentrum für Humangenetik der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany.
Huu Phuc NguyenZentrum für Humangenetik der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany.
Thomas LückeKlinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Katholisches Klinikum Bochum, St. Josef-Hospital, Alexandrinenstr. 5, 44791, Bochum, Germany.
Christoph M HeyerKlinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Katholisches Klinikum Bochum, St. Josef-Hospital, Alexandrinenstr. 5, 44791, Bochum, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Canavan disease (CD; MIM 271,900) or spongy degeneration of the central nervous system (CNS) is a lethal, rare autosomal recessive leukodystrophy, first described in 1931 (Canavan in Arch Neurol Psychiatry 25: 299-308, 1931). The clinical presentation includes severe neurologic impairment and macrocephaly with onset of symptoms at the age of 3-5 months. Biochemical and genetic fundamentals of the disease are elucidated. Imaging diagnosis is principally based on MRI with important role of MR spectroscopy. We report the cerebral sonographic findings in a severely affected infant with CD: Diffuse hyperechogenicity and small multicystic changes of white matter as well as an inverted pattern of echogenicity between cortical gray and subcortical white matter. These findings are compared to to the few cases found in literature and to normal ultrasound examples. Finally, ultrasound and MRI imaging findings are correlated.

Indexed as

Bone DiseasesCanavan DiseaseHumansInfantMagnetic Resonance ImagingUltrasonographyAspartoacylase deficiencyCanavan diseaseCerebral ultrasoundLeukodystrophy with megalencephalyMulticystic changes in white matter

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PMID35187608
PMCPMC10632335

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