| ceroid | A naturally occurring lipid pigment with histochemical characteristics similar to lipofuscin. It accumulates in various tissues in certain experimental and pathological conditions. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| ceroidosis | <radiology> Brown bowel syndrome, diffuse accumulation of brown lipofuscin pigment in muscularis propria of GI tract, secondary to chronic malabsorption and depletion of vitamin E, dilatation and hypomotility of entire GI tract can simulate obstruction (12 Dec 1998) |
| neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis | A heritable lipidosis with cytoplasmic inclusions staining for ceroid and lipofuscin. Clinically the patient has progressive dementia, retinal degeneration, seizures, and myoclonic jerks. It was formerly thought to be related to tay-sachs disease but the biochemical defect is as yet undetermined. Named according to age of onset: jansky-bielschowsky disease, 2-4 years; batten-spielmeyer-vogt disease, 5-11 years; and kufs disease, adult. (12 Dec 1998) |
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