[Spongious glioneuronal dystrophy with diffuse fatty degeneration of the liver]

Reported in this paper are autopsy findings recorded from a boy who had died at the age of eight month. They included a spongy dystrophic tissue syndrome of the central nervous system associated with diffuse fatty degeneration of the liver. The case is considered to be in the category of glioneuronal dystrophy and is discussed under aspects of differential diagnosis.