Late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis: A case reports

Yis U., Kurul S. H., Ozogul C., Dirik E.

TURK PEDIATRI ARSIVI-TURKISH ARCHIVES OF PEDIATRICS, vol.45, no.2, pp.155-157, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 45 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Doi Number: 10.4274/tpa.45.155
  • Journal Name: TURK PEDIATRI ARSIVI-TURKISH ARCHIVES OF PEDIATRICS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.155-157
  • Keywords: CLN2 gene, electron microscopy, neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses are the most common neurodegenerative childhood-onset disorders characterized by autosomal recessive inheritance, epileptic seizures, progressive psychomotor deterioration, visual failure, and premature death. At least seven subtypes of childhood-onset neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses have been identified of which the late-infantile-onset forms are genetically the most heterogeneous. We present a five-year-old girl with late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis who presented with progressive psychomotor retardation, ataxia and epilepsia. Palmitoyl protein thioesterase activity was very low and a homozygous mutation was identified in CLN2 gene. (Turk Arch Ped 2010; 45: 155-7)