Leigh Disease
Synonyms
Disease, Leigh's
Encephalomyelitides, Subacute Necrotizing
Encephalomyelitis, Subacute Necrotizing
Encephalomyelopathies, Subacute Necrotizing
Encephalomyelopathy, Subacute Necrotizing
Encephalopathies, Subacute Necrotizing
Encephalopathy, Subacute Necrotizing
Encephalopathy, Subacute Necrotizing, Infantile
Encephalopathy, Subacute Necrotizing, Juvenile
Infantile Leigh Disease
Infantile Subacute Necrotizing Encephalopathy
Juvenile Leigh Disease
Juvenile Subacute Necrotizing Encephalopathy
Leigh Disease, Infantile
Leigh Disease, Juvenile
Leigh Syndrome
Leigh's Disease
Leighs Disease
Necrotizing Encephalomyelitides, Subacute
Necrotizing Encephalomyelitis, Subacute
Necrotizing Encephalomyelopathies, Subacute
Necrotizing Encephalomyelopathy, Subacute
Necrotizing Encephalopathies, Subacute
Necrotizing Encephalopathy, Subacute
Subacute Necrotizing Encephalomyelitides
Subacute Necrotizing Encephalomyelitis
Subacute Necrotizing Encephalomyelitis, Infantile
Subacute Necrotizing Encephalomyelopathies
Subacute Necrotizing Encephalomyelopathy
Subacute Necrotizing Encephalopathies
Subacute Necrotizing Encephalopathy
Subacute Necrotizing Encephalopathy, Infantile
Subacute Necrotizing Encephalopathy, Juvenile
A group of metabolic disorders primarily of infancy characterized by the subacute onset of psychomotor retardation, hypotonia, ataxia, weakness, vision loss, eye movement abnormalities, seizures, dysphagia, and lactic acidosis. Pathological features include spongy degeneration of the neuropile of the basal ganglia, thalamus, brain stem, and spinal cord. Patterns of inheritance include X-linked recessive, autosomal recessive, and mitochondrial. Leigh disease has been associated with mutations in genes for the PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX; CYTOCHROME-C OXIDASE; ATP synthase subunit 6; and subunits of mitochondrial complex I. (From Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, p850).