Myelinoclastic diffuse sclerosis (Schilder's disease): cliniconeuroradiologic correlations

Neurology. 1991 Apr;41(4):589-91. doi: 10.1212/wnl.41.4.589.

Abstract

We report a 17-year-old boy with myelinoclastic diffuse sclerosis (Schilder's disease) presenting with left leg paresis, visual loss, and behavioral changes. CT and MRI showed two large lesions in the subcortical white matter of the occipital and parietal lobes of both hemispheres and increased intracranial pressure. Histology disclosed large areas of demyelination and perivascular infiltrates. The patient improved with coincident oral prednisolone treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Biopsy
  • Diffuse Cerebral Sclerosis of Schilder / diagnosis
  • Diffuse Cerebral Sclerosis of Schilder / diagnostic imaging*
  • Diffuse Cerebral Sclerosis of Schilder / pathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Occipital Lobe / diagnostic imaging
  • Occipital Lobe / pathology
  • Parietal Lobe / diagnostic imaging
  • Parietal Lobe / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed