Balo disease

en·ceph·a·li·tis per·i·ax·i·a·'lis con·cen·'tri·ca

encephalitis that is clinically similar to adrenoleukodystrophy, but pathologically characterized by concentric globes or circles of demyelination of cerebral white matter separated by normal tissue. Synonym(s): Baló disease

Balo disease

A rare, rapidly progressing form of multiple sclerosis. It differs from other multiple sclerosis variants, in that it is not characterized by relapses and remissions.

Baló,

Jozsef Matthias, Hungarian neurologist, 1896–. Baló disease - encephalitis that is clinically similar to adrenoleukodystrophy, but pathologically characterized by concentric globes or circles of demyelination of cerebral white matter separated by normal tissue. Synonym(s): encephalitis periaxialis concentrica