The first pediatric case of leukoencephalopathy with brainstem and spinal cord involvement and lactate elevation (LBSL) from Turkey

Leukoencephalopathy with brainstem and spinal cord involvement and lactate elevation (LBSL) is defined as an autosomal recessive inheritance disorder characterized by slowly progressive cerebellar, pyramidal and dorsal column dysfunction. The diagnosis is based on specific magnetic resonance imagin...

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Main Authors: Dilek Çavuşoğlu, Nihal Olgaç-Dündar, Özgür Öztekin, Taha Reşid Özdemir, Pınar Arıcan, Pınar Gençpınar
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Published: Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health 2018-04-01
Series:The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
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Online Access:https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/844
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Taha Reşid Özdemir
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Nihal Olgaç-Dündar
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description Leukoencephalopathy with brainstem and spinal cord involvement and lactate elevation (LBSL) is defined as an autosomal recessive inheritance disorder characterized by slowly progressive cerebellar, pyramidal and dorsal column dysfunction. The diagnosis is based on specific magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities (MRI) in the cerebral and cerebellar white matter and selective involvement of white matter tracts in the brain stem and spinal cord. LBSL is caused by mutations in the DARS2 gene which encodes the mitochondrial aspartyl-tRNA synthetase. Herein, we report the first pediatric case from Turkey with a typical MRI course of LBSL associated with a compound heterozygous mutation in DARS2 gene.
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spelling doaj-art-e7f4925ea0024a69aedffbc504ee98fa2025-08-20T02:55:38ZengHacettepe University Institute of Child HealthThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics0041-43012791-64212018-04-0160210.24953/turkjped.2018.02.018The first pediatric case of leukoencephalopathy with brainstem and spinal cord involvement and lactate elevation (LBSL) from TurkeyDilek Çavuşoğlu0Nihal Olgaç-Dündar1Özgür Öztekin2Taha Reşid Özdemir3Pınar Arıcan4Pınar Gençpınar5Department of Pediatric Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir Katip Celebi University, İzmir, Turkey.Department of Pediatric Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir Katip Celebi University, İzmir, Turkey.Departments of Radiology, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.Departments of Medical Genetics, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.Departments of Pediatric Neurology, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.Department of Pediatric Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir Katip Celebi University, İzmir, Turkey. Leukoencephalopathy with brainstem and spinal cord involvement and lactate elevation (LBSL) is defined as an autosomal recessive inheritance disorder characterized by slowly progressive cerebellar, pyramidal and dorsal column dysfunction. The diagnosis is based on specific magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities (MRI) in the cerebral and cerebellar white matter and selective involvement of white matter tracts in the brain stem and spinal cord. LBSL is caused by mutations in the DARS2 gene which encodes the mitochondrial aspartyl-tRNA synthetase. Herein, we report the first pediatric case from Turkey with a typical MRI course of LBSL associated with a compound heterozygous mutation in DARS2 gene. https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/844DARS2LBSLMRIleukoencephalopathymitochondrial
spellingShingle Dilek Çavuşoğlu
Nihal Olgaç-Dündar
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Taha Reşid Özdemir
Pınar Arıcan
Pınar Gençpınar
The first pediatric case of leukoencephalopathy with brainstem and spinal cord involvement and lactate elevation (LBSL) from Turkey
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
DARS2
LBSL
MRI
leukoencephalopathy
mitochondrial
title The first pediatric case of leukoencephalopathy with brainstem and spinal cord involvement and lactate elevation (LBSL) from Turkey
title_full The first pediatric case of leukoencephalopathy with brainstem and spinal cord involvement and lactate elevation (LBSL) from Turkey
title_fullStr The first pediatric case of leukoencephalopathy with brainstem and spinal cord involvement and lactate elevation (LBSL) from Turkey
title_full_unstemmed The first pediatric case of leukoencephalopathy with brainstem and spinal cord involvement and lactate elevation (LBSL) from Turkey
title_short The first pediatric case of leukoencephalopathy with brainstem and spinal cord involvement and lactate elevation (LBSL) from Turkey
title_sort first pediatric case of leukoencephalopathy with brainstem and spinal cord involvement and lactate elevation lbsl from turkey
topic DARS2
LBSL
MRI
leukoencephalopathy
mitochondrial
url https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/844
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