title: Cerebral X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy: follow-up with magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of childhood cerebral X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ADL), emphasizing the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings at initial evaluation and at the follow-up.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five year-old boy, who was asymptomatic, presented with diagnosis of X-ADL for MRI evaluation. The initial brain MRI showed a focal area of enhancement at the splenium of the corpus calosum. One year later, the follow-up MRI showed a progression of the corpus calosus lesion, as well as other lesions in the parietal and occipital lobes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The brain MRI follow-up of patients with X-ADL is important to show the progression of the lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Paraná, Curitiba PR - Brasil.
authors.forename: Emerson L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Gasparetto
authors.forename: Juliana Mecunhe
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.forename: Taísa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Davaus
authors.forename: Arnolfo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Carvalho Neto
mesh_terms: D000326:Adrenoleukodystrophy / Q000473:pathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male