Brain edema with clasmatodendrosis complicating ataxia telangiectasia

作者:Shimoda Konomi*; Mimaki Masakazu; Fujino Shuhei; Takeuchi Masato; Hino Rumi; Uozaki Hiroshi; Hayashi Masaharu; Oka Akira; Mizuguchi Masashi
来源:Brain & Development, 2017, 39(7): 629-632.
DOI:10.1016/j.braindev.2017.02.007

摘要

Ataxia-telangiectasia is a chronic progressive disorder affecting the nervous and immune systems, caused by a genetic defect in the ATM protein. Clasmatodendrosis, a distinct form of astroglial death, has rarely been reported in ataxia-telangiectasia. Neuropathology of our patient disclosed diffuse edema of the cerebral and cerebellar white matter with prominent clasmatodendrosis, implicating ATM in the regulation of astroglial cell death.