Diagnosis of Batten disease from urinary sediment: a brief report.
Urinary sediment from a patient with the juvenile form of Batten disease was examined by electron microscopy. Membrane bound fingerprint profiles were found which were similar to those previously described in a biopsy from this patient's thyroid gland. These findings might represent a useful diagnostic tool.
D006801:Humans; D008064:Lipidoses / Q000473:pathology / Q000652:urine*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron