Optic nerve enlargement in Krabbe's disease

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1999 Aug;20(7):1228-31.

Abstract

We report imaging and gross pathologic findings from two cases of Krabbe disease in which there was marked enlargement of the intracranial optic nerves. Numerous globoid cells were observed in the optic nerves at autopsy in one case. Krabbe disease should be included in the differential diagnosis of children with enlargement of the optic nerves.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Leukodystrophy, Globoid Cell / diagnosis
  • Leukodystrophy, Globoid Cell / pathology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Optic Nerve / pathology*