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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
Pt 7
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-6-25
pubmed:abstractText
In glutaric aciduria type I, an autosomal recessive disease of mitochondrial lysine, hydroxylysine and tryptophan catabolism, striatal lesions are characteristically induced by acute encephalopathic crises during a finite period of brain development (age 3-36 months). The frequency of striatal injury is significantly less in patients diagnosed as asymptomatic newborns by newborn screening. Most previous studies have focused on the onset and mechanism of striatal injury, whereas little is known about neuroradiological abnormalities in pre-symptomatically diagnosed patients and about dynamic changes of extrastriatal abnormalities. Thus, the major aim of the present retrospective study was to improve our understanding of striatal and extrastriatal abnormalities in affected individuals including those diagnosed by newborn screening. To this end, we systematically analysed magnetic resonance imagings (MRIs) in 38 patients with glutaric aciduria type I diagnosed before or after the manifestation of neurological symptoms. To identify brain regions that are susceptible to cerebral injury during acute encephalopathic crises, we compared the frequency of magnetic resonance abnormalities in patients with and without such crises. Major specific changes after encephalopathic crises were found in the putamen (P < 0.001), nucleus caudatus (P < 0.001), globus pallidus (P = 0.012) and ventricles (P = 0.001). Analysis of empirical cumulative distribution frequencies, however, demonstrated that isolated pallidal abnormalities did not significantly differ over time in both groups (P = 0.544) suggesting that isolated pallidal abnormalities are not induced by acute crises--in contrast to striatal abnormalities. The manifestation of motor disability was associated with signal abnormalities in putamen, caudate, pallidum and ventricles. In addition, we found a large number of extrastriatal abnormalities in patients with and without preceding encephalophatic crises. These abnormalities include widening of anterior temporal and sylvian CSF spaces, pseudocysts, signal changes of substantia nigra, nucleus dentatus, thalamus, tractus tegmentalis centralis and supratentorial white matter as well as signs of delayed maturation (myelination and gyral pattern). In contrast to the striatum, extrastriatal abnormalities were variable and could regress or even normalize with time. This includes widening of sylvian fissures, delayed maturation, pallidal signal changes and pseudocysts. Based on these results, we hypothesize that neuroradiological abnormalities and neurological symptoms in glutaric aciduria type I can be explained by overlaying episodes of cerebral alterations including maturational delay of the brain in utero, acute striatal injury during a vulnerable period in infancy and chronic progressive changes that may continue lifelong. This may have widespread consequences for the pathophysiological understanding of this disease, long-term outcomes and therapeutic considerations.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1460-2156
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
132
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1764-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19433437-Acute Disease, pubmed-meshheading:19433437-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:19433437-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:19433437-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:19433437-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19433437-Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors, pubmed-meshheading:19433437-Atrophy, pubmed-meshheading:19433437-Basal Ganglia, pubmed-meshheading:19433437-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:19433437-Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn, pubmed-meshheading:19433437-Brain Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:19433437-Cerebellum, pubmed-meshheading:19433437-Child, pubmed-meshheading:19433437-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:19433437-Child Development, pubmed-meshheading:19433437-Corpus Striatum, pubmed-meshheading:19433437-Disease Progression, pubmed-meshheading:19433437-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:19433437-Glutaryl-CoA Dehydrogenase, pubmed-meshheading:19433437-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19433437-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:19433437-Infant, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:19433437-Intellectual Disability, pubmed-meshheading:19433437-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:19433437-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19433437-Movement Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:19433437-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:19433437-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Dynamic changes of striatal and extrastriatal abnormalities in glutaric aciduria type I.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neuroradiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Multicenter Study