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PARKINSONISM

 

CORTICAL/ SUBCORTICAL

HUNTINGTON DISEASE (HTT 4p16.3)

CHOREA (90%)

PSYCHIATRIC MANIFESTATIONS

PARKINSONISM/ DYSTONIA

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 MUTATION)

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

CREUTZFELDT JACOB DISEASE

AKINETIC MUTISM

PARKINSONISM

SPASTICITY/ MYOCLONUS

C9ORF72 (ALS-FTD) 

AGE OF ONSET 8-80YRS

PARKINSONISM/ CHOREA

DYSTONIA/ ATAXIA (RARE)

30% PRESENT WITH MOVEMENT DISORDER

PHENOTYPES:

HD/FTD

PSP/ CBS/ MSA

MND/ PLS

NIID (NOTCH2NLC GGC REPEAT)

ACTION/ POSTURAL TREMOR

DEMENTIA (ALZEIMER'S TYPE)

PARKINSONISM/ DYSTONIA/ CHOREA 

ATAXIA(50%)

PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY/ LIMB WEAKNESS

PERIPHERAL DENERVATION

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION: MIOSIS

DRY COUGH

PHENOTYPE:

FXTAS PHENOTYPE

MSA/ PD PHENOTYPE

MRI: CORTICOMEDULLARY JUNCTION

DWI RIBBON-LIKE HYPER-INTENSITIES

LEUKODYSTROPHY

PARK CH
ATX CH
SPAS CH
NEU CH

BASAL GANGLIA

PARKINSONISM (PRIMARY)

FBX07 

PYRAMIDAL/ PSYCHIATRY

CHOREA/ VSGP

MINERAL DEPOSIT DISORDERS

PKAN (PANK2) 

TYPICAL PKAN:

AGE OF ONSET <12YRS

DYSARTHRIA/ DYSTONIA/ OPISTHOTONUS

PRAYING MANTIS SIGN/ CHOREA

PARKINSONISM/ SPASTICITY/ OPTIC ATROPHY

RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA (25%)

ACANTHOCYTES (8%)

ATYPICAL PKAN:

EARLY CHILDHOOD TO LATE ADULTHOOD

SLOWER PROGRESSION

NEUROPSYCHIATRIC MANIFESTATIONS

OCD/ IMPULSIVITY/ DEPRESSION

PALILALIA/ TICS

CAN MIMIC JUVENILE PARKINSONISM

CAN MIMIC TOURETTE SYNDROME

RX: DEFERIPRONE 30MG/KG/DAY

MAY BE USEFUL (MIXED RESULTS)

DBS MAY BE USEFUL

PLAN (PLA2G6)

DYSTONIA/ PARKINSONISM

ATAXIA/ SPASTICITY

LEVODOPA-INDUCED EARLY DYSKINESIA

INVOLVING LOWER FACE

TRUNCAL DYSTONIA

PHENOTYPES:

DYSTONIA PARKINSONISM

SPASTIC PARAPARESIS

CEREBELLAR ATAXIA

SENDA (BPAN) (WDR45)  

BIPHASIC CLINICAL PROFILE

CHILDHOOD-ONSET:

COGNITIVE DECLINE/RETT-LIKE PHENOTYPE

AUTISM/ STEREOTYPE/ SEIZURES

ADOLESCENCE OR ADULTHOOD ONSET:

SPASTICITY/ PARKINSONISM/ DYSTONIA

RARELY CHOREA

OTHER FEATURES:

SEIZURES/ LENNOX GESTAUT SYNDROME

BILATERAL OPTIC ATROPHY

RX: LEVODOPA PARTIALLY RESPONSIVE

VAC14

AGE OF ONSET 6-15YRS

COGNITION

FOCAL DYSTONIA/ PARKINSONISM

ATAXIA/ SPASTICITY

RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA

NEUROFERRITINOPATHY

ORO-MANDIBULAR DYSKINESIA (85%)

JAW DYSTONIA/ BLEPHAROSPASM

FOCAL LOWER LIMB CHOREA /DYSTONIA 

ACUTE BALLISMUS 

LESS COMMON: ATAXIA/ PARKINSONISM/ TICS/TREMOR

LIP-SMACKING/ WRITER'S CRAMP

FRONTAL SUBCORTICAL COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION

ACERULOPLASMINEMIA 

AGE OF ONSET 30-70YRS

OROFACIAL DYSTONIA/ CERVICAL DYSTONIA

COGNITIVE DECLINE/ ATAXIA/ TREMOR/ CHOREA

PARKINSONISM (20%)

DIABETES MELLITUS/ LIVER DYSFUNCTION

RETINAL DEGENERATION

LAB: ABSENT CERULOPLASMIN

HETEROZYGOUS: MODERATELY REDUCED LEVEL

INCREASED FERRITIN

RX: DEFERIPRONE STARTING DOSE 15MG/KG/DAY

TWO DIVIDED DOSES

CAN TITRATE TO MAX 50MG/KG/DAY

PHLEBOTOMY 300ML EVERY 15 DAYS

WOODHOUSE SAKATI SYNDROME (DCAF17)

SPECTRUM: RAPIDLY DISABLING TO MILD SYMPTOMS

COGNITIVE DECLINE

DEAFNESS/ DYSTONIA/ CHOREA

PARKINSONISM/ ATAXIA

ALOPECIA./ DIABETES/ HYPOGONADISM

TRIANGULAR FACE/ HYPERTELORISM

KUFOR RAKEB SYNDROME (ATP13A2) 

PARK9/ SPG78

COGNITION/ PARKINSONISM/ VSGP

VISUAL HALLUCINATION

OCULOGYRIC CRISIS

SPG78: LATE SPASTICITY WITHOUT PARKINSONISM

FACIAL-FAUCIAL-FINGER-MYOCLONUS

WILSON DISEASE  

LIVER/ NEUROLOGICAL/ PSYCHIATRY

DYSTONIA/ CHOREA/ PARKINSONISM

DEPRESSION/ OCD/ PHOBIAS

PROTEINURIA/ ARTHRITIS/SUNFLOWER CATARACT

CARDIOMYOPATHY/ ARRHYTHMIA

FAHR 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

LYSOSOMAL (BG)

NIEMANN PICK C DISEASE 

VSGP/ GELASTIC CATAPLEXY

ATAXIA/ DYSTONIA/ CHOREA

HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY

THROMBOCYTOPENIA

NEUROACANTHOCYTOSIS

CHOREA-ACANTHOCYTOSIS (VPS13A)

AGE OF ONSET 20-60YRS

ACTION TONGUE DYSTONIA

FEEDING DYSTONIA/ TICS

RUBBER-MAN GAIT/DROP ATTACK

NEUROPATHY/ MYOPATHY

PSYCHIATRIC MANIFESTATIONS/ SEIZURE 

HEPATO-SPLENOMEGALY

LAB:  CPK/ LFT ELEVATED

ACANTHOCYTES ARE TO BE SEEN IN 1:1 DILUTION IN NORMAL SALINE WITH A PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE

ACANTHOCYTE CAN BE ABSENT

MCLEOD (XK) 

COGNITION/ CHOREA

PSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS/ SEIZURES

NEUROPATHY/ MYOPATHY

CHF/ ATRIAL FIBRILLATION

HAEMOLYSIS 

MRI: CAUDATE/ PUTAMEN  ATROPHY 

WHM

SPORADIC

POLYCYTHEMIA VERA

INCREASED HEMOGLOBIN LEVEL

THROMBOSIS

NEUROPATHY

CORTEX/ SUBCORTICAL

NIID (NOTCH2NLC GGC REPEAT)

ACTION/ POSTURAL TREMOR

DEMENTIA (ALZEIMER'S TYPE)

PARKINSONISM/ DYSTONIA 

ATAXIA(50%)

PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY

PERIPHERAL DENERVATION

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION: MIOSIS

PHENOTYPE:

FXTAS PHENOTYPE

MSA/ PD PHENOTYPE

MRI: CORTICOMEDULLARY JUNCTION

DWI RIBBON-LIKE HYPER-INTENSITIES

LEUKODYSTROPHY

BASAL GANGLIA

NEUROACANTHOCYTOSIS

CHOREA-ACANTHOCYTOSIS (VPS13A)

AGE OF ONSET 20-60YRS

ACTION TONGUE DYSTONIA

FEEDING DYSTONIA/ TICS

PARKINSONISM (MAY BE PRESENTING SIGN)

RUBBER-MAN GAIT (KNEE AND HIP BUCKING)

DROP ATTACK

NEUROPATHY/ MYOPATHY

PSYCHIATRIC MANIFESTATIONS/ SEIZURE 

HEPATO-SPLENOMEGALY

LAB:  CPK/ LFT ELEVATED

ACANTHOCYTES ARE TO BE SEEN IN 1:1 DILUTION IN NORMAL SALINE WITH A PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE

ACANTHOCYTE CAN BE ABSENT

CEREBELLUM/ TRACTS

AOA PHENOTYPE

ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA

TELANGIECTASIA OVER

EYES/ SUN EXPOSED AREAS

OCULOMOTOR APRAXIA 

DYSTONIA/ CHOREA/ MYOCLONUS

PARKINSONISM/ ATAXIA  

TREMOR/ NEUROPATHY

LYMPHOMA/ LEUKEMIA (EARLY)

SOLID TUMOUR (LATE)

LAB:  LOW IGA/ IGG

AOA1 (APTX)

AGE OF ONSET 2-10YRS

OCULOMOTOR APRAXIA

DYSTONIA/ CHOREA/ ATAXIA

NEUROPATHY

LAB: ALBUMIN REDUCED/ TOTAL CHOLESTEROL INCREASED

NORMAL FETOPROTEIN

AOA2 (SETX)

AGE OF ONSET 3-30YRS

OCULOMOTOR APRAXIA

DYSTONIA/ CHOREA/ ATAXIA

NEUROPATHY

LAB: ALBUMIN REDUCED/ TOTAL CHOLESTEROL INCREASED

INCREASED IGA/ IGG/ ALPA FETOPROTEIN

FRIEDREICH ATAXIA PHENOTYPE

FRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA (FXN) 

ATAXIA/ DYSARTHRIA/  SCOLIOSIS

DIABETES (30%)

HEARING LOSS (20%)

HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY ARRHYTHMIA/ CHF

LATE ONSET FRIEDREICH'S  ATAXIA

(GAA REPEAT X25 GENE)

LOFA 25-40YRS/ VLOFA >40YRS

RETAINED REFLEXES/ SPASTICITY

MRI: CEREBELLAR ATROPHY LATE STAGES

SPINAL CORD ATROPHY

DENTATE IRON ACCUMULATION AND ATROPHY

ABETALIPOPROTEINAEMIA (MTTP)

DIARRHOEA/ VIT-E/ VIT-D/ VIT-K DEFICIENCY

ATAXIA/ PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY

RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA

ATAXIA WITH VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY (TTPA)

VIT-E DEFICIENCY

TITUBATION

ATAXIA/ PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY

RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA/ MACULAR ATROPHY

SPASTICITY 

CORTICAL

HUNTINGTON DISEASE (HTT 4p16.3)

CHOREA (90%)

PSYCHIATRIC MANIFESTATIONS

PARKINSONISM/ DYSTONIA

ATAXIA/TICS

SPASTICITY CAN BE SEEN

NO FAMILY HISTORY (8%)

BASAL GANGLIA

MONOGENIC PARKINSON'S DISEASE

FBX07 

PYRAMIDAL/ PSYCHIATRY

CHOREA/ VSGP

MINERAL DEPOSIT DISORDERS

PKAN (PANK2) 

TYPICAL PKAN:

AGE OF ONSET <12YRS

DYSARTHRIA/ DYSTONIA/ OPISTHOTONUS

PRAYING MANTIS SIGN/ CHOREA

PARKINSONISM/ SPASTICITY/ OPTIC ATROPHY

RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA (25%)

ACANTHOCYTES (8%)

ATYPICAL PKAN:

EARLY CHILDHOOD TO LATE ADULTHOOD

SLOWER PROGRESSION

NEUROPSYCHIATRIC MANIFESTATIONS

OCD/ IMPULSIVITY/ DEPRESSION

PALILALIA/ TICS

CAN MIMIC JUVENILE PARKINSONISM

CAN MIMIC TOURETTE SYNDROME

RX: DEFERIPRONE 30MG/KG/DAY

MAY BE USEFUL (MIXED RESULTS)

DBS MAY BE USEFUL

NEUROFERRITINOPATHY

ORO-MANDIBULAR DYSKINESIA (85%)

JAW DYSTONIA/ BLEPHAROSPASM

FOCAL LOWER LIMB CHOREA /DYSTONIA 

ACUTE BALLISMUS 

LESS COMMON: ATAXIA/ PARKINSONISM/ TICS/TREMOR

LIP-SMACKING/ WRITER'S CRAMP

FRONTAL SUBCORTICAL COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION

ACERULOPLASMINEMIA 

AGE OF ONSET 30-70YRS

OROFACIAL DYSTONIA/ CERVICAL DYSTONIA

COGNITIVE DECLINE/ ATAXIA/ TREMOR/ CHOREA

PARKINSONISM (20%)

DIABETES MELLITUS/ LIVER DYSFUNCTION

RETINAL DEGENERATION

LAB: ABSENT CERULOPLASMIN

HETEROZYGOUS: MODERATELY REDUCED LEVEL

INCREASED FERRITIN

RX: DEFERIPRONE STARTING DOSE 15MG/KG/DAY

TWO DIVIDED DOSES

CAN TITRATE TO MAX 50MG/KG/DAY

PHLEBOTOMY 300ML EVERY 15 DAYS

SENDA (BPAN) (WDR45)  

BIPHASIC CLINICAL PROFILE

CHILDHOOD-ONSET:

COGNITIVE DECLINE/RETT-LIKE PHENOTYPE

AUTISM/ STEREOTYPE/ SEIZURES

ADOLESCENCE OR ADULTHOOD ONSET:

SPASTICITY/ PARKINSONISM/ DYSTONIA

RARE CHOREA

OTHER FEATURES:

SEIZURES/ LENNOX GESTAUT SYNDROME

BILATERAL OPTIC ATROPHY

RX: LEVODOPA PARTIALLY RESPONSIVE

SPINAL CORD/ TRACTS

HEREDITARY SPASTIC PARAPARESIS

SPG48 (AP5Z1)

COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT

CHOREA/ SPASTICITY

SENSORY MOTOR NEUROPATHY

ATAXIA/ DYSTONIA/ PARKINSONISM

THIN CORPUS CALLOSUM

SPG58/ SPAX2 (KIF1C)

CHOREA/ SPASTICITY

ATAXIA/ TREMOR

CERVICAL DYSTONIA

DYS CH
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