Diffusion tensor-based imaging reveals occult abnormalities in adrenomyeloneuropathy.

[adrenomyeloneuropathy]

"Pure " adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN ) is the noninflammatory myeloneuropathic variant of X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy , where the disease process appears to be restricted to spinal cord tracts and peripheral nerves . The absence of obvious brain involvement makes it distinct from the inflammatory cerebral phenotypes of X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy . However , some pure AMN patients later experience development of cerebral demyelination , but little is known about the extent of brain involvement in pure AMN patients who have normal brain magnetic resonance imaging . We used diffusion tensor imaging to investigate possible occult cerebral abnormalities in such pure AMN patients . Fractional anisotropy and trace were studied in three -dimensional reconstructions of white matter tracts commonly involved in cerebral phenotypes of X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy . Results demonstrated reduced fractional anisotropy and increased trace in bilateral corticospinal tracts and genu of corpus callosum (p < 0 .05 ). Diffusion tensor imaging-based three -dimensional fiber tracking showed occult tract-specific cerebral microstructural abnormalities in pure AMN patients who had a normal conventional brain magnetic resonance image . Corticospinal tract abnormalities could reflect a centripetal extension of spinal cord long -tract distal axonopathy . Accompanying abnormalities in genu of corpus callosum indicate that the disease pathology in pure AMN may not be limited to spinal cord long tracts alone , although the involvement of the latter is most prominent and severe .

Diseases
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Diseases presenting "corpus callosum" symptom

adrenomyeloneuropathy

alexander disease

cadasil

canavan disease

classical phenylketonuria

cohen syndrome

gm1 gangliosidosis

hirschsprung disease

hydrocephalus with stenosis of the aqueduct of sylvius

kabuki syndrome

kallmann syndrome

krabbe disease

monosomy 21

neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy

oligodontia

proteus syndrome

pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency

wolf-hirschhorn syndrome

x-linked adrenoleukodystrophy

zellweger syndrome

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