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SYSTEMIC INVOLVEMENT

ATAXIA-HEART

ATAXIA-DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY  

(DNAJC19)

MRI: CEREBELLAR ATROPHY 

WHITE MATTER HYPERINTENSITY

TREMOR ATAXIA

ATAXIA-PANCYTOPENIA  SYNDROME (SAMD9L)

ATAXIA/ VISION FIXATION PROBLEMS

PYRAMIDAL SIGNS 

MRI: CBL ATROPHY

WHITE MATTER HYPERINTENSITY

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ATAXIA - SKIN    

ATAXIA - ERYTHROKERATODERMA   

SCA34 (ELOVL4)

AGE OF ONSET <50YRS

HOT CROSS BUN SIGN

FIGURATIVE HYPERKERATOSIS

TRANSIENT AREAS OF ERYTHEMA

MRI: CEREBELLAR ATROPHY

PELLAGRA

NIACIN (VIT B3) DEFICIENCY

DEMENTIA

PHOTOSENSITIVITY DERMATITIS

DIARRHOEA

BIOTINIDASE DEFICIENCY

RASH/ ECZEMA/ HAIR LOSS

XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM

PHOTOSENSITIVITY

SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA SKIN

 

CELIAC DISEASE

DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS

ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY

HYPER-PIGMENTATION

ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA

TELENGIECTASIA

REFSUM DISEASE

ICHTHYOSIS

HYPERPIGMENTATION

PHOTOSENSITIVITY

TELENGIECTASIA

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EPISODIC

EPISODIC ATAXIA

 

KCNA1

EA1

ACETAZOLAMIDE USED IN EA2/EA1

70% RESPONDERS

CACNA1

EA2 

ALLELIC TO SCA6

EPISODIC ATAXIA

DOWN BEAT NYSTAGMUS/ VERTIGO/ MIGRAINE

PRECIPITATED BY PHYSICAL AND MENTAL STRESS

ACETAZOLAMIDE EA2/EA1 70% RESPOND

DALFAMPRIDINE USEFUL

EA4

AGE OF ONSET <40YRS

CHROMOSOME 12q

DURATION - MINS

EA5 (CACNB4)

AGE OF ONSET <50YRS

DURATION - HRS

EA6 (SLC1A3)

AGE OF ONSET <60YRS

DURATION - HRS-DAYS

DARS2

EXERCISE ATAXIA

LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY/ BRAINSTEM

SPINAL CORD/ LACTATE INCREASED

SCN2A

MYOCLONUS/ SEIZURES

SCA27 (FGF14)

PRRT2

COMMON IN INDIAN AND CHINESE

SECONDS TO MINS DURATION

LIMBS > NECK OR FACE

BENIGN FAMILIAL INFANTILE EPILEPSY

INFANTILE CONVULSIVE

CHOREATHETOSIS (ICCA)

ABSENCE SEIZURE

PAROXYSMAL TORTICOLLIS

EPISODIC ATAXIA/ PED

TRIGGERS: STARTLE/ HYPERVENTILATION/ EXERCISE

RX: CARBAMAZEPINE

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<60MG/DL

CSF TO BLOOD GLUCOSE RATIO: 0.2 - 0.59

INCREASE CSF LACTATE

DYT12 (ATP1A3)

CAPOS

CEREBELLAR ATAXIA/ PES CAVUS 

OPTIC ATROPHY/ HEARING LOSS

ALTERNATING HEMIPLEGIA OF CHILDHOOD

PAROXYSMAL

HEMIPLEGIA/ QUADRIPARESIS/ DYSTONIA

JOUBERT SYNDROME & RELATED DISORDERS

27 GENES (TMEM67/ CEP290)

OCULO-RENAL SYNDROME

RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA/ COLOBOMA

COGNITION/ LIVER/ COACH SYN

RX: ACETAZOLAMIDE MAY BE USEFUL

TREMOR WITH ATAXIA

                

CORTICAL/ SUBCORTICAL

COCKAYNE SYNDROME (ERCC6)

CHILDHOOD LEUKODYSTROPHY

ATAXIA/ SPASTICITY/ TREMOR

CATARACT/ PENDULAR NYSTAGMUS

EXOPHTHALMOS/ RETINAL DYSTROPHY

MRIPUTAMEN/ DENTATE CALCIFICATION

CORTICAL CALCIFICATION

DYSMYELINATION

POLR3B/ 3A 

TREMOR ATAXIA SYNDROME

HHH (HYPOMYELINATION/ HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM/ HYPODONTIA

BASAL GANGLIA 

FAHR'S SYNDROME

NEUROPSYCHIATRIC/ SEIZURES/ HEADACHE

PARKINSONISM/ DYSTONIA/ CHOREA

ATAXIA/ TREMOR

SLC20A2

COGNITION/ HEADACHE/ SEIZURES

PARKINSONISM

PDGFB

COGNITION/ HEADACHE/ SEIZURES

PARKINSONISM/ ATAXIA/ CHOREA

PDGFRB

COGNITION/ HEADACHE/ SEIZURES

PARKINSONISM

XPR1

COGNITION/ HEADACHE

PARKINSONISM/ ATAXIA

MYORG

COGNITION/ PARKINSONISM/ ATAXIA

JAM2

COGNITION/ PARKINSONISM/ ATAXIA/ DYSTONIA

MRI: CALCIFICATION

BG/ THALAMUS/ CEREBELLUM/ WM

MYORG: CENTRAL PONS CALCIFICATION

CEREBELLAR

FRAGILE X TREMOR ATAXIA SYNDROME  

M (1:2500)/ F (1:5000)

PARKINSONISM (85%)

ATAXIA (85%)

TREMOR (90-100%)

COGNITION (50%)

PSYCHIATRIC MANIFESTATIONS

NEUROPATHY/ AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION

FEMALES: MILD AND LATE ONSET SYMPTOMS

EARLY MENOPAUSE/ IRREGULAR MENSES

MRI: MCP HYPERINTENSITY (LESS IN FEMALES)

CORTICOMEDULLARY JUNCTION

RIBBON LIKE HYPER-INTENSITIES (DWI)

SPLENIUM HYPERINTENSITY (F>M)

CENTRAL PONS HYPERINTENSITY (F>M)

RX: PARKINSONSIM RESPONSIVE TO LEVODOPA

SCA12

ATAXIA/ TREMOR

PARKINSONISM

AGRAWAL COMMUNITY 

SCA15

ATAXIA/ DYSARTHRIA

HEAD/ TRUNK/ UL TREMOR (30%)

SCA27 (FGF14)

CHILDHOOD TREMOR

LATER ATAXIA

EPISODIC ATAXIA

PSYCHIATRY MANIFESTATIONS

ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA (ATM)

TELENGIECTASIA  

(EYES/ SUN EXPOSED AREAS)

OCULOMOTOR APRAXIA 

DYSTONIA/ CHOREA/ MYOCLONUS

PARKINSONISM/ ATAXIA  

TREMOR/ NEUROPATHY

LYMPHOMA/ LEUKAEMIA (EARLY)

SOLID TUMOUR (LATE)

CAN DEVELOP MELANOMA

LAB: LOW IGA/ IGG

AUTOIMMUNE

GFAP AB

MENINGOENCEPHALOMYELITIS

ATAXIA (30%)

TREMORS(30%)

PSYCHIATRIC(30%)

AUTONOMIC (30%)

MRI: LINEAR PERIVENTRICAL CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT

CASPR2 AB 

EPISODIC ATAXIA

WHOLE BODY TREMOR

NEUROMYOTONIA/ MYOKYMIA

CRMP5 AB

PARKINSONISM/ ATAXIA

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION

MSP-P PHENOTYPE

BILATERAL OPTIC NEUROPATHY

SMALL CELL CARCINOMA LUNG

MRI: BASAL GANGLIA HYPERINTENSITY

PERIVENTRICULAR/ INTERNAL CAPSULE HYPERINTENSITY

ATAXIA WITH PALATAL TREMOR

CORTICAL/ SUBCORTICAL

PAPT (GFAP)

PROGRESSIVE ATAXIA PALATAL TREMOR 

SPORADIC

ALEXANDER'S DISEASE (FAMILIAL)

MRI: BRAINSTEM AND CERVICAL CORD ATROPHY (FAMILIAL)

HYPERTROPHIC OLIVARY DEGENERATION

(SPORADIC)

CEREBELLAR

SCA20

SPASMODIC DYSPHONIA

PALATAL TREMOR (60%)

MRI: DENTATE CALCIFICATION

INFERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS HYPERINTENSITY (T2/ FLAIR)

SPINAL CORD/ TRACTS

SPG7

ATAXIA/ PARKINSONISM

OPHTHALMOPARESIS

AMYOTROPHY

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ATAXIA - RENAL INVOLVEMENT   

ERDHEIM CHESTER DISEASE LANGERHANS HISTIOCYTOSIS

RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE ATAXIA

HAIRY KIDNEY SIGN ON CT

MRI: 

DENTATE TI HYPERINTENSITY

ATAXIA - DIARRHOEA    

DPPX6 AB

THORACIC STIFFNESS

BRAIN STEM INVOLVEMENT/ STARTLE

PARKINSONISM (PSP PHENOTYPE)

ATAXIA

DIARRHOEA/CONSTIPATION

WEIGHT LOSS

CELIAC DISEASE

ATAXIA/ LEG MYOCLONUS

NEUROPATHY/ DIARRHOEA

GOBBI SYNDROME: CEC SYNDROME

CELIAC DISEASE/ SEIZURES/ BILATERAL

MRI: OCCIPITAL CALCIFICATIONS

LAB: ANTI-TTG ANTIBODIES

WHIPPLE'S DISEASE

OCULOMASTICATORY SKELETAL MYORHYTHMIA

DEMENTIA/ SUPRANUCLEAR OPHTHALMOPLEGIA

MENINGITIS/ CONFUSION/ HEADACHES

PSP PHENOTYPE: PARKINSONISM, UPGAZE RESTRICTION

VERTICAL SACCADE SLOWING

CONVERGENT DIVERGENT NYSTAGMUS (1HZ)

THE ABSENCE OF SQUARE WAVE JERKS

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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