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Choking on food: a rare case of alexander leukodystrophy and choking.
[alexander disease]
Every
body
has
to
eat
to
survive
but
it
becomes
a
matter
of
great
concern
,
when
the
life
provider
food
becomes
an
asphyxiating
agent
.
In
this
case
,
a
60
-
year
-old
woman
choked
herself
while
swallowing
biscuits
.
On
autopsy
examination
,
biscuits
were
found
lodged
in
larygo-pharynx
.
Brain
showed
marked
dystrophy
and
loosened
lusterless
white
matter
.
On
histopathologic
examination
,
brain
tissue
had
numerous
eosinophilic
globules
representing
astrocytic
processes
called
"
Rosenthal
fibers
"
;
hence
,
it
was
diagnosed
as
a
case
of
Alexander
dystrophy
.
It
is
a
disease
of
white
matter
,
where
there
is
a
progressive
degeneration
of
the
white
matter
of
the
brain
because
of
imperfect
growth
or
development
of
the
myelin
sheath
.
The
histopathology
of
brain
showed
Rosenthal
fibers
in
abundance
.
This
is
one
of
the
rarest
disease
in
which
choking
can
occur
because
of
lack
of
nervous
and
muscular
coordination
and
weakness
.
Its
specific
relation
to
choking
is
documented
in
this
report
.
