Medicine

H. Hatsuta, Akitoshi Takeda, Tomomi Fujita, Yuji Nakayama, Kaoru Yagita, Terunori Sano, T. Shimono, Kaori Sakamoto, Kenichi Kohashi, Ai Obinata, Toshiya Kizaki, N. Hara, A. Miyashita, T. Ikeuchi, Yoshiaki Itoh, Masaki Takao

2026.6.1NEUROPATHOLOGY

DOI: 10.1111/neup.70065

Abstract

We report the first autopsy-proven case of colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF1R)-related leukoencephalopathy harboring the CSF1R mutation c.2320T>C (p.Cys774Arg). The patient, a man in his 40s, exhibited progressive neuropsychiatric symptoms with predominant frontal white matter lesions and corpus callosum atrophy. Neuropathological examination revealed frontal-predominant demyelination with a relatively low number of axonal spheroids compared with typical cases, as well as the absence of intracranial calcifications. In addition, prominent cerebral amyloid angiopathy was observed despite an APOE ε3/ε3 genotype. These findings expand the clinicopathological spectrum of CSF1R-related leukoencephalopathy and highlight variability in pathological features associated with different CSF1R mutations.

Citation format

HATSUTA, H., et al. The first autopsy-proven case of csf1r-related leukoencephalopathy harboring the p.cys774arg mutation. NEUROPATHOLOGY, 2026, 46 3(3): e70065.