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Adrenoleukodystrophy: Electron Microscopic Findings

Powell, Henry·1975·Archives of Neurology

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Ultrastructural and neurochemical studies were done on three male patients with adrenoleukodystrophy. In each case, the affected white matter contained enlarged glial cells filled with pathognomic intracytoplasmic inclusions consisting of electron-lucent spicules bounded by 25-Angstrom wide membranes. Similar inclusions were present in adrenocortical cells. These findings and a review of 47 reported cases indicate that adrenoleukodystrophy is a storage disorder caused by a sex-linked recessive error of metabolism.

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  • Spicules are straight and curved striated structures made of degenerated myelin, also observed in 15% of Schwann cells surrounding myelinated axons in the adrenals.

    “Spicules are straight and curved striated structures made of degenerated myelin [17,20,22,74,75,76,77,78,79,80], which are also observed in 15% of Schwann cells surrounding myelinated axons in the adrenals [19,81].”

    From Revisiting the Pathogenesis of X-Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy (2025) · cites this paper as [19]

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Powell, H.
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Powell, Henry
Venue
Archives of Neurology
Published
1975-04-01
Volume
32
Issue
4
Pages
250
ISSN
0003-9942 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2011989937
Cited by
76
References
46
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 1
FWCI
3.89
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Archives of Neurology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Clinical Biochemistry › Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Rheumatology › Glycogen Storage Diseases and Myoclonus
Keywords
adrenoleukodystrophy, ultrastructure, neurochemistry, glial cells, cytoplasmic inclusions, adrenocortical cells, storage disorders, X-linked recessive inheritance, white matter
MeSH terms
Adrenal Cortex, Adrenal Cortex Function Tests, Adrenal Gland Diseases, Adult, Autopsy, Brain, Brain Diseases, Inclusion Bodies, Child, Child, Preschool, Chromatography, Thin Layer, Cytoplasm, Demyelinating Diseases, Frontal Lobe, Humans, Lymphocytes, Macrophages, Male, Microscopy, Electron, Organ Size

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