Diffuse leukodystrophy with a large-scale mitochondrial DNA deletion.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
An 8-year-old girl with progressive ataxia and bulbar palsy showed diffuse white-matter lesions in the occipital to parietal lobes on magnetic resonance imaging. Since she had slightly elevated lactate in the cerebrospinal fluid, a muscle biopsy was done which revealed scattered ragged-red fibres and focal cytochrome c oxidase deficiency. Southern blot and polymerase-chain-reaction analyses revealed a large-scale mitochondrial DNA deletion, which was 6990 base-pairs in length with 6 base-pair (-TCATCG-) direct repeats at the junctions. Mitochondrial DNA mutation should be considered as one of the candidate causes for diffuse leukodystrophy in children.
Medical subject headings
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Diffuse Cerebral Sclerosis of Schilder
- Sequence Deletion