Pathological findings in one of two siblings with Sjögren-Larsson Syndrome

Eur Neurol. 1980;19(3):166-70. doi: 10.1159/000115142.

Abstract

The clinical features of 2 new cases of Sjögren-Larsson syndrome are described. Histopathological examination of the skin in 1 of the cases revealed an ichthyosis vulgaris, which does not agree with the clinical and genetic classification. In the same case, a neuroblastoma was the cause of death, and neuropathological examination showed a symmetrical demyelination of some ascending and descending long tracts in the medulla and spinal cord.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain / pathology
  • Child
  • Demyelinating Diseases / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ichthyosis / genetics
  • Ichthyosis / pathology*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology
  • Male
  • Muscle Spasticity / genetics
  • Muscle Spasticity / pathology
  • Neuroblastoma / pathology
  • Paralysis / genetics
  • Paralysis / pathology*
  • Skin / pathology
  • Spinal Cord / pathology
  • Syndrome