Chandrasekar Shyam, John Joseph, Satapathy Amit K, Mahapatro Samarendra
Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2021 Jun;10(6):2416-2418. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2012_20. Epub 2021 Jul 2.
We present a one-year old, developmentally normal toddler from a non Agarwal community, who presented to us with only a large head. The examination findings were unremarkable except a large head circumference. Neuroimaging confirmed the diagnosis of megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy (MLC). Although developmental delay and seizures are common manifestations in MLC, we want to highlight the fact that many children like ours may have no neurological manifestations at all which makes it necessary to do neuroimaging to establish the diagnosis and offer genetic testing for confirmation of the same.
我们介绍了一名来自非阿加瓦尔社区的一岁发育正常幼儿,他因仅头部较大前来就诊。除头围较大外,检查结果无异常。神经影像学检查确诊为巨脑性白质脑病(MLC)。虽然发育迟缓与癫痫发作是MLC的常见表现,但我们想强调的是,许多像我们的患儿这样的儿童可能根本没有神经学表现,这使得有必要进行神经影像学检查以明确诊断,并提供基因检测以确认诊断。