Non-progressive leukoencephalopathy with bilateral anterior temporal cysts: a case report and review of the literature

Brain Dev. 2005 Jan;27(1):73-7. doi: 10.1016/j.braindev.2004.04.009.

Abstract

A newly described disease is characterized by anterior bilateral temporal lobe cysts associated with multilobar leukoencephalopathy and a non-progressive clinical course. We report a patient with bilateral anterior temporal lobe cystic changes associated with a non-progressive neurological disorder, microcephaly, spasticity, mental retardation, and sensorineural deafness. From the literature, 12 other patients have shown a similar phenotype. The common neuroradiological findings in these patients have been bilateral anterior temporal lobe cystic changes and non-progressive leukoencephalopathy. By contrast, variability in the clinical phenotype has been observed, ranging from severe neuromotor handicap with mental retardation and microcephaly to spasticity in the lower limbs associated with normal cognitive function. The pathological basis of the defect remains to be defined.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Central Nervous System Cysts / diagnosis*
  • Central Nervous System Cysts / physiopathology
  • Child, Preschool
  • Dementia, Vascular / diagnosis*
  • Dementia, Vascular / physiopathology
  • Disease Progression
  • Female
  • Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / diagnosis*
  • Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / etiology
  • Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Intellectual Disability / diagnosis
  • Intellectual Disability / etiology
  • Intellectual Disability / physiopathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Microcephaly / complications
  • Microcephaly / diagnosis*
  • Microcephaly / physiopathology
  • Muscle Spasticity / diagnosis
  • Muscle Spasticity / etiology
  • Muscle Spasticity / physiopathology
  • Nerve Fibers, Myelinated / pathology
  • Syndrome
  • Temporal Lobe / abnormalities*
  • Temporal Lobe / pathology*
  • Temporal Lobe / physiopathology