Vogt-Spielmeyer disease

Vogt-Spielmeyer disease /fōkt shpēl′mī·er/ , the juvenile form of neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis, with onset between 5 and 10 years of age. It is characterized by rapid cerebroretinal degeneration, massive loss of brain substance, excessive neuronal storage of lipofuscin, and death within 10 to 15 years.