Cerebral X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy: follow-up with magnetic resonance imaging.
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.
Gasparetto
Emerson L
EL
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Paraná, Curitiba PR - Brasil.
Rosa
Juliana Mecunhe
JM
Davaus
Taísa
T
de Carvalho Neto
Arnolfo
A
D000326:Adrenoleukodystrophy / Q000473:pathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male