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Gallbladder and the risk of polyps and carcinoma in metachromatic leukodystrophy.

Neurology

July 2016

From the Department of Child Neurology, Center for Childhood White Matter Disorders and Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam (D.F.v.R.,M.S.v.d.K., N.I.W.), Department of Pathology, Center for Childhood White Matter Disorders (M.B.), and Departments of Surgery (F.D.), Pediatric Gastroenterology (T.G.J.d.M.), and Radiology (M.M.A.C.v.D., J.I.M.L.V.), VU University Medical Center Amsterdam; Department of Pediatrics, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program (J.J.B.), and Departments of Metabolic Disorders (P.M.v.H.) and Pathology (W.v.H.), University Medical Center Utrecht; Pediatric Surgical Center of Amsterdam (A.F.W.v.d.S.), Emma Children's Hospital Academic Medical Center and VU University Medical Center Amsterdam; Department of Surgery (D.J.G.), and Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism (C.E.M.H.), Academic Medical Center Amsterdam; and Department of Clinical Chemistry (G.S.S.), VU Medical Center and Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Objectives: To assess frequency of gallbladder polyposis and carcinoma in metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD).

Methods: We evaluated 34 patients with MLD (average age 16.7 years, age range 2-39 years) screened for gallbladder abnormalities by ultrasound.

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