ICD-11 code : 5C56.1;
Preferred Label : Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis;
ICD-11 definition : Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs) are a group of inherited progressive degenerative
brain diseases characterized clinically by a decline of mental and other capacities,
epilepsy, and vision loss through retinal degeneration, and histopathologically by
intracellular accumulation of an autofluorescent material, ceroid lipofuscin, in the
neuronal cells in the brain and in the retina.;
ICD-11 synonym : ceroid-lipofuscinosis; NCL - [neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis]; pigmentary retinal lipoid neuronal heredodegeneration.; cerebromacular degeneration; cerebromacular dystrophy;
ICD-11 acronym : NCL;
ICD-11 inclusion : late familial amaurotic idiocy; amaurotic familial idiocy; amaurotic idiocy; cerebrum lipidosis; cerebral lipidoses; amaurotic idiot; cerebroretinal lipidosis; cerebral lipidosis; neuronal lipofuscinosis; cerebral lipidosis myoclonic variant;
Origin ID : 1568332253;
UMLS CUI : C0027877;
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Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs) are a group of inherited progressive degenerative
brain diseases characterized clinically by a decline of mental and other capacities,
epilepsy, and vision loss through retinal degeneration, and histopathologically by
intracellular accumulation of an autofluorescent material, ceroid lipofuscin, in the
neuronal cells in the brain and in the retina.