Medical Definition of Spongy degeneration of infancy

1. Autosomal recessive degenerative disease of infancy; mostly in Jewish infants; onset typically within first 3-4 months of birth, consisting of blindness, psychomotor regression, enlarged head, optic atrophy, hypotonia, spasticity, increased N-acetylaspartic acid urinary excretion. MRI shows enlarged brain, decreased attenuation of cerebral and cerebellar white matter, and normal ventricles. Pathologically, there is increased brain volume and weight, and spongy degeneration in the subcortical white matter. See: leukodystrophy. Synonym: Canavan's sclerosis, Canavan-van Bogaert-Bertrand disease, spongy degeneration of infancy. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spongy Degeneration Of Infancy

spongiosis
spongiositis
spongious
spongiozoa
spongistatin
spongoblasts
spongocoel
spongocoels
spongoid
spongs
spongy
spongy bone
spongy degeneration
spongy degeneration of infancy (current term)
spongy parenchyma
spongy part of the male urethra
spongy spot
spongy substance
spongy urethra
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