Leukoencephalopathy with bilateral anterior temporal lobe cysts

Summary

Leukoencephalopathy with bilateral anterior temporal lobe cysts (MONDO:0015348) is a disease. A subtype of leukodystrophy — broader associated-gene and molecular evidence is on the parent page (see Disease family below).

At a glance

• Prevalence: <1 / 1 000 000 (Worldwide) [Orphanet-validated]
• Phenotypes (HPO): 14

Clinical features

Epidemiology

Prevalence records

2 prevalence record(s), Orphanet:

Type	Class	Value	Geography	Validation
Cases/families		29	Worldwide	Validated
Point prevalence	<1 / 1 000 000		Worldwide	Validated

Signs & symptoms

Clinical features (HPO)

14 HPO clinical features (Orphanet curated; top 14 by frequency):

HPO ID	Term	Frequency
HP:0001249	Intellectual disability	Very frequent (80-99%)
HP:0001263	Global developmental delay	Very frequent (80-99%)
HP:0001270	Motor delay	Very frequent (80-99%)
HP:0002061	Lower limb spasticity	Very frequent (80-99%)
HP:0002352	Leukoencephalopathy	Very frequent (80-99%)
HP:0010576	Intracranial cystic lesion	Very frequent (80-99%)
HP:0003487	Babinski sign	Frequent (30-79%)
HP:0004302	Functional motor deficit	Frequent (30-79%)
HP:0008936	Axial hypotonia	Frequent (30-79%)
HP:0000252	Microcephaly	Frequent (30-79%)
HP:0000407	Sensorineural hearing impairment	Frequent (30-79%)
HP:0000486	Strabismus	Frequent (30-79%)
HP:0001344	Absent speech	Frequent (30-79%)
HP:0002169	Clonus	Frequent (30-79%)

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

Field	Value
Canonical name	leukoencephalopathy with bilateral anterior temporal lobe cysts
Mondo ID	MONDO:0015348
Orphanet	139444
ICD-11	138159250
UMLS	C4304744
MedGen	930413
GARD	0019917
Is cancer (heuristic)	no

Disease family

This is a subtype of leukodystrophy. Genetic, therapeutic, and trial evidence is largely curated at the broader-term level — see the parent page for the associated-gene cohort and molecular evidence.

Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by body system or component › nervous system disorder › central nervous system disorder › neurodegenerative disease › inherited neurodegenerative disorder › leukodystrophy › leukoencephalopathy with bilateral anterior temporal lobe cysts

Related subtypes (64): Alexander disease, cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis, polycystic lipomembranous osteodysplasia with sclerosing leukoencephaly, dermatoleukodystrophy, Krabbe disease, Sjogren-Larsson syndrome, Canavan disease, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher spectrum disorder, hereditary spastic paraplegia 2, megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts, ribose-5-P isomerase deficiency, hypomyelinating leukodystrophy 5, leukoencephalopathy with brain stem and spinal cord involvement-high lactate syndrome, hypomyelinating leukodystrophy 6, cystic leukoencephalopathy without megalencephaly, sterol carrier protein 2 deficiency, leukoencephalopathy-thalamus and brainstem anomalies-high lactate syndrome, hypomyelination with brain stem and spinal cord involvement and leg spasticity, leukoencephalopathy with mild cerebellar ataxia and white matter edema, progressive encephalopathy with leukodystrophy due to DECR deficiency, hypomyelinating leukodystrophy 9, multiple mitochondrial dysfunctions syndrome 4, hypomyelinating leukodystrophy 10, hypomyelinating leukodystrophy 12, hypomyelinating leukodystrophy 13, progressive cavitating leukoencephalopathy, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher-like disease, CADDS, adrenoleukodystrophy, non-progressive predominantly posterior cavitating leukoencephalopathy with peripheral neuropathy, Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome, metachromatic leukodystrophy, peroxisome biogenesis disorder, unknown leukodystrophy, ravine syndrome, leukodystrophy, hypomyelinating, 22, leukodystrophy, hypomyelinating, 23, with ataxia, deafness, liver dysfunction, and dilated cardiomyopathy, neurodevelopmental disorder with microcephaly, epilepsy, and hypomyelination, leukodystrophy, hypomyelinating, 18, leukodystrophy, hypomyelinating, 19, transient infantile, spastic ataxia 8, autosomal recessive, with hypomyelinating leukodystrophy, leukodystrophy, hypomyelinating, 14, leukodystrophy, hypomyelinating, 20, early-onset calcifying leukoencephalopathy-skeletal dysplasia, c11orf73-related autosomal recessive hypomyelinating leukodystrophy, alkaline ceramidase 3 deficiency, leukodystrophy, hypomyelinating, 15, leukodystrophy, hypomyelinating, 16, leukodystrophy, hypomyelinating, 17, POLR-related leukodystrophy, leukoencephalopathy, diffuse hereditary, with spheroids 1, leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter, leukodystrophy, hypomyelinating, 24, leukodystrophy, childhood-onset, remitting, leukodystrophy, hypomyelinating, 25, leukodystrophy, hypomyelinating, 26, with chondrodysplasia, adult-onset progressive leukoencephalopathy-early-onset deafness, leukoencephalopathy, porphyria-related, episodic memory defect leukoencephalopathy, leukodystrophy, hypomyelinating, 28, leukodystrophy, demyelinating, adult-onset, leukodystrophy, adult-onset, autosomal dominant, without amyloid angiopathy, leukoencephalopathy without lacunae, adult-onset, AARS1-related leukoencephalopathy

Genetics & variants

GWAS landscape

No GWAS associations recorded — common-variant (GWAS) studies don’t cover this disease (typical for Mendelian / rare diseases). See the curated gene cohort and Mendelian overlap below.

Variant details and genetic-evidence tiers

No tiered GWAS variants or ClinVar records for this disease.

Genes & proteins

No associated-gene cohort resolved for this disease. Atlas builds the molecular and therapeutic sections — associated genes, protein families, druggability, pathways, interactions, and drug associations — by aggregating over a disease’s associated genes (resolved via GWAS / GenCC / ClinVar / CIViC), and none resolved here. This is expected for antibody-mediated, autoimmune, or otherwise non-gene-defined conditions; the curated evidence for this disease is its clinical features, GWAS susceptibility, and clinical trials (above).

Function

No pathway enrichment — requires an associated-gene cohort.

Therapeutics

No druggable-target or therapeutic data for this disease’s cohort.

Clinical trials & evidence

Clinical trials

Clinical trials: 0.