[A case of symptomatic cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL)]

Fukuoka Igaku Zasshi. 2000 Sep;91(9):239-42.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We here report a 42-year-old woman diagnosed cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) by age, family history, neurological findings, and neuro imagings. Magnetic resonance imaging well demonstrated the multiple lesions in the cerebrum including the brain stem, which was characteristic findings in CADASIL.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain / pathology
  • Cerebral Infarction* / diagnosis
  • Cerebral Infarction* / genetics
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 19 / genetics
  • Dementia, Vascular* / diagnosis
  • Dementia, Vascular* / genetics
  • Female
  • Genes, Dominant*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Mutation, Missense
  • Pedigree
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / genetics
  • Receptors, Cell Surface*
  • Syndrome

Substances

  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins
  • Receptors, Cell Surface