title: Schilder's diffuse sclerosis: case study with three years' follow-up and neuro-imaging.
abstract: Schilder's diffuse myelinoclastic sclerosis, a rarely described disease in childhood, was diagnosed in the case of a 6-year-old girl with subacute cerebral disease. CT-scanning showed asymmetric rim-enhancing lesions within the cerebral white matter. Spontaneous clinical improvement occurred prior to corticosteroid treatment. Follow-up by CT and MRI for three years showed the development of stable amyelinic lesions. Improvement in motor control and in electrophysiological recordings contrasted with an arrest in neuropsychological development. The differential diagnosis and the prognostic implications of this disease are stressed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Barth
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Derix
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: de Krom
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Valk
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Theunissen
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002549:Diffuse Cerebral Sclerosis of Schilder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed