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CORTEX/  SUBCORTICAL

HUNTINGTON DISEASE (HTT 4p16.3)

PSYCHIATRIC MANIFESTATIONS

DEMENTIA

CHOREA (90%)/ DYSTONIA

PARKINSONISM/ATAXIA/TICS

NO FAMILY HISTORY IN 8%

HDL1 (PRPN)

EARLY TO MID ADULTHOOD

FAMILIAL PRION DISEASE

PHENOTYPES:

GENETIC CREUTZFELDT JACKOB DISEASE

FAMILIAL FATAL INSOMNIA

GERSTMANN STRAUSSLER DISEASE (PRPN MUTATIONS)

PSYCHIATRIC MANIFESTATIONS

CHOREA/ PARKINSONISM

ATAXIA/ MYOCLONUS

HDL2 (CAG REPEAT >40 JPH3)

EARLY TO MID ADULTHOOD

CLINICALLY SIMILAR TO HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE

PSYCHIATRIC MANIFESTATIONS

DEMENTIA/ ATAXIA

CHOREA/ PARKINSONISM

C9ORF72 (ALS-FTD) 

AGE OF ONSET 8-80YRS

FTD/ PARKINSONISM/ CHOREA

DYSTONIA/ ATAXIA (RARE)

30% PRESENT WITH MOVEMENT DISORDER

PHENOTYPES:

HD/FTD

PSP/ CBS/ MSA

MND/ PLS

 

DRPLA

<20YS: ATAXIA/ MYOCLONUS

SEIZURES/ CHOREA/ DYSTONIA

HIGH REPEATS

>20YRS: ATAXIA/ COGNITION

PSYCHIATRIC MANIFESTATIONS

CHOREA/ DYSTONIA

LOW REPEATS

PHENOTYPES:

LATE ONSET ATAXIA

HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE

MRI: CEREBELLAR/ BRAIN STEM ATROPHY

PERIVENTRICULAR AND CENTRAL PONS HYPERINTENSITY

LYSOSOMAL DISOREDRS

GAUCHER DISEASE (GBA) 

GD1: ADULT GD

VARIED AGE PRESENTATION 

COGINITION/ PARKINSONISM

TREMOR/ ATAXIA

INCREASED RISK FOR PD (10x)

POOR RESPONSE TO LEVODOPA

NO EYE MOVEMENT ABNORMALITY

ACUTE PAINFUL BONE CRISIS

LAB: ANAEMIA/ PANCYTOPENIA 

THROMBOCYTOPENIA 

HEPATOSPLEENOMEGALY

GD3: JUVENILE GD

AGE OF ONSET <10 YRS

HSGP (EARLY) / VSGP (LATE)

CONVERGENT SQUINT (VI NERVE PALSY)

COGNITION/ EPILEPSY/

PROGRESSIVE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY  

FACE/ LIMB DYSTONIA

ATAXIA/ SPASTICITY

PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE (PLP1)

ONSET IN CHILDHOOD

SURVIVAL TILL LATE ADULTHOOD

SPASTIC ATAXIA 

SPG2 (PURE SPASTIC PARAPARESIS)​

MULTIFOCAL DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY

COGNITION/ TITUBATION 

DYSTONIA/ CHOREA OF EXTREMITIES

HEAD AND UPPER LIMB TREMOR

MRI: HYPOMYELINATION

INTERNAL CAPSULE/ OPTIC RADIATION

PROXIMAL CORONAL RADIATA

CEREBELLAR ATROPHY

BASAL GANGLIA

BRAIN MINERALIZATION DISORDERS

PLAN (PLA2G6)

DYSTONIA/ PARKINSONISM

ATAXIA/ SPASTICITY

LEVODOPA INDUCED EARLY DYSKINESIA

INVOLVING LOWER FACE

TRUNCAL DYSTONIA

PHENOTYPES:

DYSTONIA PARKINSONISM

SPASTIC PARAPARESIS

CEREBELLAR ATAXIA

RX: LEVODOPA PARTIALLY RESPONSIVE

PRIMARY DYSTONIA

H-ABC/ DYT4 (TUBB4)

HYPOMYELINATION WITH ATROPHY OF BASAL GANGLIA AND CEREBELLUM

DYSTONIA/ ATAXIA/ COGNITION

WHISPERING DYSPHONIA

MICROCEPHALY/ SPASTICITY

AMINOACIDURIA

L2 HYDROXY GLUTARIC ACIDURIA  

ABNORMAL DAT SCAN

MACROCEPHALY

HIGH RISK OF MALIGNANCY

RX: LEVODOPA RESPONSIVE/ RIBOFLAVIN

PAROXYSMAL

GLUT1 (SLC2A1) 

CHILDHOOD - ADULT ONSET

SLC2A1 MUTATIONS (90%)

PAROXYSMAL/ FIXED DYSTONIA

PAROXYSMAL EXERCISE INDUCED DYSTONIA 

PAROXYSMAL NON KINESOGENIC DYSTONIA 

EPISODIC ATAXIA

RESISTANT EPILEPSY/ MENTAL RETARDATION

DYSTONIA/ ATAXIA

CRISS CROSS GAIT/ SPASTICITY 

WEAKNESS/HEADACHE/ VOMITING

TRIGGERS: FAST/INFECTIONS

LAB: CSF GLUCOSE <60MG/DL

CSF TO BLOOD GLUCOSE RATIO: 0.2 - 0.59

INCREASE CSF LACTATE

CLCN2

EPISODIC ATAXIA

POST LIMB INTERNAL CAPSULE/ DENTATE/ MCP/ CEREBELLAR CEREBRAL WHM

VITAMIN RESPONSIVE DISORDERS

BT-BGD (SLC19A3)

COGNITION

ATAXIA/ DYSTONIA/CHOREA

LYSOSOMAL DISORDERS

NIEMANN PICK C DISEASE

VSGP/ GELASTIC CATAPLEXY

ATAXIA/ DYSTONIA/ CHOREA

HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY

THROMBOCYTOPENIA

GM2 (TAY SACHS)

ATAXIA-PARKINSONISM

DEMENTIA-SEIZURES

SLOW MND, SPASTICITY

STIMULUS SENSITIVE MYOCLONUS

LEUKODYSTROPHY

CSF1R (HDLS) 

AGE OF ONSET 15-45YRS

HEREDITARY DIFFUSE  LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY WITH SPHEROIDS

PARKINSONISM/ ATAXIA/SEIZURES

10% ADULT ONSET LEUKODYSTROPHY

MRI: BRAIN MICRO CALCIFICATIONS 

CONFLUENT WMH

PERIVENTRICULAR PUNCTATE DWI RESTRICTION

AARS2 

PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE

CLINICAL & MRI SIMILAR TO CSF1R

MRI: WM RAREFACTION

DARK ON T1

CEREBELLUM/ TRACTS

SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA

SCA 17 (TBP CAG REPEAT)

PSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS/ DEMENTIA

ATAXIA/ SPASTICITY/ CHOREA

PARKINSONISM

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION

SUPRANUCLEAR GAZE PALSY

PHENOTYPE

PSP/ MSA/ HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE 

SCA48/ SCAR16 (STUB1)

ATAXIA/ COGNITION

EXECUTIVE DYSFUNCTION

PSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS

HYPOGONADISM

OPHTHALMOPARESIS

DYSTONIA/ SPASTICITY/ CHOREA

MRI: DENTATE HYPERINTENSITY (T2)

CRAB SIGN

POSTERIOR VERMIS ATROPHY

CEREBROTENDINOSIS XANTHOMATOSIS

VARIABLE AGE OF PRESENTATION

COGNITIVE DECLINE

ATAXIA/ DYSTONIA/ PARKINSONSIM

SPASTICITY/ NEUROPATHY

CATARACTPES CAVUSDIARRHOEA

XANTHOMAS ACHILLES TENDON

MRI: T2/ FLAIR HYPERINTENSITIES

PERIVENTRICULAR

POSTERIOR LIMB INTERNAL CAPSULE

CEREBRAL PEDUNCLES

ANTERIOR PONS

RX: CHENODEOXYCHOLIC ACID 250MG TID

PEROXISOME DISORDERS

ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY 

AGE OF ONSET  <30 YRS

PARIETO-OCCIPITAL WMH

SPLENIUM HYPERINTENSITIES

INCREASED VLCFA

LYSOSOMAL DISORDERS

METACHROMATIC LEUKODYSTROPHY (ARSA/ PSAP)

ATAXIA/ SPASTICITY/ COGNITION

DEMYELINATING PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY 

HYPER-REFLEXIA

MRI: PERIVENTRICULAR WMH/ TIGROID PATTERN

KRABBE (GALC)

ATAXIA/ SPASTICITY/ COGNITION

DEMYELINATING PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY 

MRI: CST/ MCP HYPERINTENSITIES

VWMD (EIF2B)

ATAXIA/ SPASTICITY

MRI: CYSTIC CHANGES IN BRAIN

HYPOMYELINATION DISORDERS

PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE (PLP1)

ONSET IN CHILDHOOD

SURVIVAL TILL LATE ADULTHOOD

SPASTIC ATAXIA 

SPG2 (PURE SPASTIC PARAPARESIS)​

MULTIFOCAL DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY

COGNITION/ TITUBATION 

DYSTONIA/ CHOREA OF EXTREMITIES

HEAD AND UPPER LIMB TREMOR

MRI: HYPOMYELINATION 

INTERNAL CAPSULE/ OPTIC RADIATION

PROXIMAL CORONAL RADIATA

CEREBELLAR ATROPHY

GJC2

PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE

LIKE DISORDERS

POLR3B

TREMOR ATAXIA SYNDROME

HYPOMYELINATION/ HYPODENTITION

HYPOGONADISM

NKX6-2

ATAXIA/ SPASTICITY

BRAINSTEM

INFECTION

WHIPPLE

OCULOMASTICATORY MYORHYTHMIA

ARTHRALGIA/ DIARRHOEA

SPINAL CORD/ TRACTS

SPASTIC ATAXIA

NKX6-2

ATAXIA/ SPASTICITY

ADRENOMYELONEUROPATHY

MOST COMMON PHENOTYPE OF  ALD

SPASTICITY/ VIBRATION LOSS 

PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY

PREDOMINANTLY AXONAL

CAN BE DEMYELINATING

INFECTION

WHIPPLE'S DISEASE

OCULOMASTICATORY SKELETAL MYORHYTHMIA

DEMENTIA/ SUPRANUCLEAR OPHTHALMOPLEGIA

MENINGITIS/ CONFUSION/ HEADACHES

PSP PHENOTYPE: PARKINSONISM, UPGAZE RESTRICTION

VERTICAL SACCADE SLOWING

CONVERGENT DIVERGENT NYSTAGMUS (1HZ)

MYOCLONUS/ CHOREA/ MYORHYTHMIA (40%)

ATAXIA (10%)

ARTHRALGIA/ DIARRHOEA/ WEIGHT LOSS

LYMPHADENOPATHY

CAN PRESENT WITHOUT GI SYMPTOMS

DIAGNOSIS:

DUODENAL BIOPSY

CSF: PAS MACROPHAGES/ NORMAL CYTOLOGY(60%)

TROPHERYMA WHIPPLEI PCR: CSF/ BIOPSY

MRI:

FOCAL/ MULTIFOCAL WM LESIONS IN MES TEMPORAL LOBE/ THALAMUS/ HYPOTHALAMUS/ MIDBRAIN

PERIVENTRICULAR WMH/ PACHYMENINGITIS (10%)

CEREBRAL ATROPHY

RX:

TMP-SMX, DOXYCYCLINE/ 3RD GEN CEPHALOSPORINS

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