Hypomyelinating leukodystrophy-3 (HLD3)

Hypomyelinating leukodystrophy
Pediatric diseases

General description

Hypomyelinating leukodystrophy-3 (HLD3) is a severe neurologic disorder caused by pathogenic variants in the AIMP1 gene and inherited in an autosomal recessive manner.

The disorder presents in early infancy with microcephaly, nystagmus, severe intellectual disability, delayed motor development, lack of speech acquisition, and peripheral spasticity.

White matter lesion

  • Cerebrum
    Cerebral white matter
Symmetric
Bilateral
Diffuse
T1WI
Hypointensity
T2WI
Hyperintensity

Corpus callosum

  • Corpus callosum
Bilateral
Morphology
Atrophy
Thinning

Cerebral atrophy

  • Cerebrum
Symmetric
Bilateral
Morphology
Atrophy