Adult pigment type (Peiffer) of sudanophilic leukodystrophy. Pathological and morphometrical studies on two autopsy cases of siblings.

Acta Neuropathologica
R OkedaH Yamadera

Abstract

Two autopsy cases of siblings with the adult pigment (Peiffer) type of sudanophilic leukodystrophy (SLD), which demonstrated the full-blown stage (case 1) and early stage (case 2) of demyelination, were examined. Numerous brown pigments deposited in demyelinated cerebral areas were characterized histochemically and ultrastructurally as lipofuscin and ceroid. Under the electron microscope formation of blebs due to myelin splitting associated with deposition of multilamellar myeloid bodies within them was a prominent feature in the demyelinated cerebral areas of case 2 as compared with case 1. However, various features of myelin degradation such as thinning, partial or complete circumferential myelin loss, and deposition of electron-dense material on the interperiodic lines were found in both cases. Blebs occurred in all layers of myelin, and axons were compressed by these blebs or the hydropically swollen inner lips of oligodendroglias. Oligodendroglias were relatively well preserved in the demyelinated and nondemyelinated areas in case 2, although the cytoplasm was hydropic. Many spheroids were present in demyelinated areas and were irregularly distributed in both cases. The peripheral nerves in case 1 presented essentially the...Continue Reading

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