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Krabbe disease, ventral surface of brain

Last updated on Tuesday, March 24 2009 by gliageek

Krabbe disease, ventral surface of brain

Discolored, but markedly enlarged olfactory and optic nerves.

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For comparison, ventral surface of brain from someone without Krabbe disease

For comparison, ventral surface of brain from someone without Krabbe disease
For comparison, this is the ventral surface of the brain of someone who did not have Krabbe disease. Note the difference in the olfactory and optic nerves.

Krabbe disease, ventral surface of brain, highlighted

Krabbe disease, ventral surface of brain, highlighted
Discolored, but markedly enlarged olfactory (red outline) and optic (green outline) nerves. Compare to the brain in the thumbnail below.

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