Late-onset Krabbe's disease mimicking acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

Naomi E Arenson; Peter T Heydemann

doi:10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2005.03.010

Late-onset Krabbe's disease mimicking acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

Pediatr Neurol. 2005 Sep;33(3):208-10. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2005.03.010.

Authors

Naomi E Arenson¹, Peter T Heydemann

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.

PMID: 16139737
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2005.03.010

Abstract

A previously healthy 3-year-old female presented with rapidly progressive neurologic deterioration. She was initially diagnosed with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis but was subsequently found to have late-onset Krabbe's disease.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child, Preschool
Diagnosis, Differential
Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated / diagnosis*
Female
Humans
Leukodystrophy, Globoid Cell / diagnosis*