Diffusion-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Early Diagnosis of Neonatal Adrenoleukodystrophy.

[neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy]

A newborn baby girl developed seizures right after birth . On the fourth day , the baby was examined using diffusion sequence magnetic resonance imaging (MRI ) and diagnosed to have neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy . Laboratory findings confirmed the diagnosis . This is the first case of neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy (NALD ) where diffusion MRI sequence helped in the diagnosis . We find association of NALD with seizures at birth is an extremely rare occurrence , and so far , only one case has been mentioned in the literature .