ICD-11 classes
05 Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
Metabolic disorders
Inborn errors of metabolism
5C56 — Lysosomal diseases
5C56.0 — Sphingolipidosis
5C56.02 — Metachromatic leukodystrophy
ICD-11 5C56.02 — Metachromatic leukodystrophy
Metachromatic leukodystrophy is a neurodegenerative disease characterised by an accumulation of sulfatides (sulphated glycosphingolipids, especially sulfogalactosylceramides or sulfogalactocerebrosides) in the nervous system and kidneys. Three forms of the disease exist: late infantile, juvenile and adult.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: