The clinical presentation of ALD can vary greatly, making diagnosis difficult. With the variety of phenotypes, clinical suspicion of ALD can result from a variety of different presentations. [en.wikipedia.org]

Macrophages and lymphocytes may also be present with evidence of activity (i.e., foamy macrophages). Axons and U-fibers are spared; very little intact myelin will be present. There will be no tumor cells present. [clinicaladvisor.com]

The disease presents with both adrenal atrophy and diffuse cerebral demyelination. [wikidoc.org]

It presents adrenal atrophy and diffuse cerebral demyelination. [bionity.com]

No other lesions are present and there are no abnormalities of the peripheral nervous system. Results of adrenal function studies and serum very long chain fatty acids are normal. [research.omicsgroup.org]

• Pediatric Disease

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• Dysphagia

  Other brainstem or cerebellar deficits include vertigo, paralysis of eye movements, nystagmus, facial palsy, dysarthria or dysphagia. Peripheral cranial nerve abnormalities may occur, including optic neuritis and optic atrophy. [patient.info]

• Orthostatic Hypotension

  Urinary and rectal incontinence, orthostatic hypotension, and progressive spasticity are the main symptoms. [icd9data.com]

• Hyperpigmentation

  Mild cutaneous hyperpigmentation was notice in a maternal uncle. [scielo.mec.pt]

• Psychomotor Retardation

  retardation, involuntary movements, ataxia, and death in the second decade of life. [icd9data.com]

• Seizure

  Clinical findings Onset at age 5 and 10 with reversal of neurologic milestones, seizures, ataxia, Addison's disease, degeneration of visual and auditory function. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

  […] develops, such as spina bifida Degenerative diseases, where nerve cells are damaged or die, such as Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease Diseases of the blood vessels that supply the brain, such as stroke Injuries to the spinal cord and brain Seizure [icdlist.com]

  Diagnosis Symptoms Symptoms are similar to those in multiple sclerosis and may include dementia, aphasia, seizures, personality changes, poor attention, tremors, instability, incontinence, muscle weakness, headache, vomiting, and vision and speech impairment [wikidoc.org]

  Other symptoms include visual loss, learning disabilities, seizures, poorly articulated speech, difficulty swallowing, deafness, disturbances of gait and coordination, fatigue, intermittent vomiting, increased skin pigmentation, and progressive dementia [ninds.nih.gov]

  Additional recommended knowledge Symptoms Symptoms are similar to those in multiple sclerosis and may include dementia, aphasia, seizures, personality changes, poor attention, tremors, balance instability, incontinence, muscle weakness, headache, vomiting [bionity.com]

• Headache

  The disease often occurs shortly after an infectious illness and may manifest with headache, malaise and fever. [orpha.net]

  Diagnosis Symptoms Symptoms are similar to those in multiple sclerosis and may include dementia, aphasia, seizures, personality changes, poor attention, tremors, instability, incontinence, muscle weakness, headache, vomiting, and vision and speech impairment [wikidoc.org]

  Schilder’s disease often occurs shortly after an infectious illness and may begin with headache, a general feeling of discomfort or illness, and fever. [nationalmssociety.org]

  Additional recommended knowledge Symptoms Symptoms are similar to those in multiple sclerosis and may include dementia, aphasia, seizures, personality changes, poor attention, tremors, balance instability, incontinence, muscle weakness, headache, vomiting [bionity.com]

• Ataxia

  The early symptoms include rotary movements of the head and eyes, which may vanish later in life, usually followed by spasticity of the legs and arms, cerebellar ataxia, dementia, and parkinsonian tremor. [icd9data.com]

  ( Friedreich's ataxia, Ataxia telangiectasia, Hereditary spastic paraplegia ) Spinal muscular atrophy : Werdnig-Hoffman - Kugelberg-Welander - Fazio Londe - MND ( ALS, PMA, PBP, PP, PLS ) Extrapyramidal and movement disorders Parkinson's disease - Neuroleptic [wikidoc.org]

  ( Friedreich's ataxia, Ataxia telangiectasia, Hereditary spastic paraplegia ) Spinal muscular atrophy : Werdnig-Hoffman disease - Kugelberg-Welander disease - Fazio Londe syndrome - MND ( Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Progressive muscular atrophy [bionity.com]

  Clinical findings Onset at age 5 and 10 with reversal of neurologic milestones, seizures, ataxia, Addison's disease, degeneration of visual and auditory function. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

  Symptoms may include progressive stiffness, weakness or paralysis of the lower limbs, and ataxia. Although adult-onset ALD progresses more slowly than the classic childhood form, it can also result in deterioration of brain function. [ninds.nih.gov]

• Spastic Paraplegia

  Late-onset krabbe disease (lokd) has first symptoms at ages 5 to 10 years, consisting of focal neurological signs, hemiparesis, cerebellar ataxia, cortical blindness, and spastic paraplegia, followed by mental and physical deterioration. [icd9data.com]

  […] paraparesis Systemic atrophies primarily affecting the CNS Huntington's Spinocerebellar ataxia ( Friedreich's ataxia, Ataxia telangiectasia, Hereditary spastic paraplegia ) Spinal muscular atrophy : Werdnig-Hoffman - Kugelberg-Welander - Fazio Londe [wikidoc.org]

  […] paraparesis Systemic atrophies primarily affecting the CNS Huntington's disease - Spinocerebellar ataxia ( Friedreich's ataxia, Ataxia telangiectasia, Hereditary spastic paraplegia ) Spinal muscular atrophy : Werdnig-Hoffman disease - Kugelberg-Welander [bionity.com]

  paraplegia familial spastic paraplegia, hereditary spastic paraparesis, hsp, spg, strümpell-lorrain disease Ontology Lookup Service Huntington disease huntington chorea Ontology Lookup Service Hurler-Scheie syndrome mps1h/s, mpsih/s, mucopolysaccharidosis [hpscreg.eu]

  Budka H et al. (1976) Spastic paraplegia associated with Addison's disease: adult variant of adreno-leukodystrophy. J Neurol 213 : 237–250 47. Griffin JW et al. (1977) Adrenomyeloneuropathy: a probable variant of adrenoleukodystrophy. I. [doi.org]

• Neurologic Manifestation

  DISCUSSION X-ALD is a frequent cause of Addison’s disease in boys and adult males. 8 Adrenocortical insufficiency can be its presenting symptom and occur years before the onset of neurological manifestations. 8 The only symptom related to the adrenocortical [scielo.mec.pt]

  Aubourg P et al. (1990) Reversal of early neurologic and neuroradiologic manifestations of X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy by bone marrow transplantation. N Engl J Med 322 : 1860–1866 94. [doi.org]

  Although the variation in clinical phenotypes is great, neurologic manifestations are present in nearly all males by adulthood. Nomenclature Siemerling-Creuzfeldt disease is the eponym for X-ALD. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The major progress made in the clinical, genetic, enzymatic and biochemical workup of many of the conditions previously grouped under the denomination of Schilder''s disease confirms its heterogeneity. [karger.com]

• Brain MRI Abnormal

  Brain MRI results were assessed with the 34-point scale devised specifically for ALD. 26 The MRI results were classified as abnormal if the score was 1 or higher. [dx.doi.org]

[…] disorders across the lifespan (pediatric, adult, and geriatric populations) Includes interventions and methods of treatment for the outcomes patients may experience [books.google.com]

Treatment Adrenal function must be tested periodically in all patients with ALD. Treatment with adrenal hormones can be lifesaving. Symptomatic and supportive treatments for ALD include physical therapy, psychological support, and special education. [ninds.nih.gov]

The material is in no way intended to replace professional medical care by a qualified specialist and should not be used as a basis for diagnosis or treatment. [orpha.net]

Treatment options for ALD are limited. Dietary treatment is with Lorenzo's oil. For the childhood cerebral form, stem cell transplant and gene therapy are options if the disease is detected early in the clinical course. [en.wikipedia.org]

Prognosis Prognosis of Schilder's disease is variable. The clinical course is usually progressive, but significant improvement and remissions have also been described. Survival has been reported to be less than ten years after the onset. [orpha.net]

Prognosis Prognosis for patients with childhood cerebral X-ALD is generally poor due to progressive neurological deterioration unless bone marrow transplantation is performed early. [ninds.nih.gov]

Disease duration was less than one year in 40% of cases.[3] Pre-pubertal cases, those with a good response to corticosteroids and those found to have smaller lesions may have a better prognosis. [patient.info]

Prognosis Dismal. The treatment is generally symptomatic. Pilot data from gene therapy has been promising, but is still inconclusive as of mid-2011. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Treatment and prognosis Patients have a poor prognosis. Current recommendations are high dose corticosteroids and supportive care 3. [radiopaedia.org]

Etiology Pathologically, it is characterized by bilateral widespread demyelination of the brain hemispheres with varying degrees of axonal injury. Etiology remains unclear. [orpha.net]

[…] search builder options Subheadings: analysis anatomy and histology blood cerebrospinal fluid chemically induced chemistry classification complications congenital diagnosis diagnostic imaging diet therapy drug therapy enzymology epidemiology ethnology etiology [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] mutation of pseudogene Fabry病 偽遺伝子変異 1 不要 有 HPS1632 HPS1633 HPS1634 HPS1635 HPS1636 HPS1637 GM1-gangliosidosis GM1ガングリオシドーシス 1 不要 有 HPS1532 HPS1533 HPS1534 HPS1535 HPS1536 HPS1537 2 不要 有 HPS2337 HPS2338 HPS2339 HPS2340 Hunter syndrome, unknown genetic etiology [cell.brc.riken.jp]

Diagnosis upon the basis of imaging studies without pathological confirmation increases the likelihood of etiological heterogeneity, including such entities as leukodystrophy, tumor, SSPE, various types of vasculitis, lymphangiomatosis, collagen vascular [emedicine.medscape.com]

Adrenoleukodystrophy Epidemiology Segmentation The disease epidemiology covered in the report provides historical as well as forecasted epidemiology [total prevalent cases, diagnosed prevalence of ALD by clinical manifestations (cerebral ALD, Adrenomyleoneuropathy [gii.co.jp]

Summary Epidemiology Less than 20 sporadic cases (predominantly males) have been reported so far. Clinical description The onset is usually in childhood (age 5-14 years). [orpha.net]

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Epidemiology Schilder's disease is very rare. Presentation The onset of illness is usually subacute, but may be more sudden. It often occurs shortly after an infectious illness. It may start with headache, malaise and fevers. [patient.info]

Having the pathophysiological as well as the ethical component allows me to engage my students on many levels. Ellen K. PROFESSOR “ I have shown Lorenzo’s Oil to my advanced chemistry students for years. [myelin.org]

[…] adrenoleukodystrophy in every case thought to represent Schilder disease. [5] The small number of cases that Poser or other authorities have been willing to accept as examples of Schilder disease remains a heterogenous collection, and as yet, no understanding of the pathophysiological [emedicine.medscape.com]

Report Scope The report covers detailed overview of Adrenoleukodystrophy explaining its causes, symptoms, classification, pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment patterns The report provides the insight about the historical and forecasted patient pool [gii.co.jp]

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF MS The neurologic deficits, in MS, are due to loss of myelin and axons. Demyelination causes loss of saltatory conduction. [neuropathology-web.org]

Rapidly find the answers you need with separate sections on diseases and disorders, differential diagnosis, clinical algorithms, laboratory results, and clinical preventive services, plus an at-a-glance format that uses cross-references, outlines, bullets [books.google.com]

Recent evidence suggests that a mixture of oleic acid and erucic acid, known as "Lorenzo's Oil," administered to boys with X-ALD prior to symptom onset can prevent or delay the appearance of the childhood cerebral form It is not known whether Lorenzo's [ninds.nih.gov]

We report a first case of X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy with fatal evolution which identified two asymptomatic family members and established a preventive treatment. [zaguan.unizar.es]