Alexander disease (gross pathology)

Case contributed by Frank Gaillard
Diagnosis almost certain

Patient Data

Age: 4 years
Gender: Male
pathology

Neuropathology of Alexander disease. Archival image of the brain of a 4-year-old boy showing macroencephaly and periventricular demyelinisation (note brownish discolouration around the cerebral ventricles) Neuropathology of Alexander disease. 

Author: Marvin 101

Original file: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_autopsy.jpg

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