PubMed · 8007341
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T Ida, M Odagiri, B Kawai. 1994. [Atrophic bronchitis].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8007341/
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The authors report a case of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (Kufs' disease) confirmed by stereotactically obtained brain biopsy findings and initially diagnosed as a butterfly glioma. The presenting symptoms in the 64-year-old patient were mental alterations with progressive dementia, followed by muscular atrophy and myoclonia with distal preponderance. The mild initial disturbances of coordination increased, and the patient developed a markedly ataxic gait. Computerized tomography (CT) scanning and magnetic resonance imaging revealed generalized cerebral atrophy and a bifrontal space-occupying lesion involving the callosum. The original "clearcut" diagnosis of glioblastoma multiforme, based on CT scans, was unexpectedly disproved by examination of stereotactically obtained brain biopsy specimens, which revealed a neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (Kufs' disease). To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of a case presenting with both diffuse brain atrophy and localized accumulation of neuronal lipofuscin, mimicking a mass lesion on radiological studies.