Teaching NeuroImages: Galactitol peak and fatal cerebral edema in classic galactosemia: Too much sugar in the brain

Neurology. 2016 Jan 19;86(3):e32-3. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000002284.

Authors

Diego Martinelli¹, Bruno Bernardi², Antonio Napolitano², Giovanna Stefania Colafati², Carlo Dionisi-Vici²

Affiliations

¹ From the Division of Metabolism, Department of Paediatric Medicine (D.M., C.D.-V.), Neuroradiology Unit (B.B., G.S.C.), and Unit of Imaging Research (A.N.), Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy. [email protected].
² From the Division of Metabolism, Department of Paediatric Medicine (D.M., C.D.-V.), Neuroradiology Unit (B.B., G.S.C.), and Unit of Imaging Research (A.N.), Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 26783274
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000002284

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Brain Edema / diagnosis*
Brain Edema / metabolism
Fatal Outcome
Female
Galactitol / metabolism*
Galactosemias / diagnosis*
Galactosemias / genetics
Galactosemias / metabolism
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Neuroimaging / methods
Neurology / education

Substances

Galactitol