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CORTICAL/ SUBCORTICAL

COGNITION

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 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

DRPLA 

<20YS: ATAXIA/ MYOCLONUS

SEIZURES/ CHOREA/ DYSTONIA

>20YRS: ATAXIA/ COGNITION

PSYCHIATRIC MANIFESTATIONS

CHOREA/ DYSTONIA

MRI: CEREBELLAR/ BRAIN STEM ATROPHY

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

RETT SYNDROME

CHOREA/ AUTISM

STEREOTYPE/ HAND WRIGGING

MICROCEPHALY

DECLINE IN SOCIAL  LANGUAGE SKILLS 1-4YRS

HYPERVENTILATION

FOXG1 MUTATION

NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DELAY

MICROCEPHALY

CHOREA DYSTONIA/ STEREOTYPE

RX: SOME CASES ARE LEVODOPA RESPONSIVE

ELAC2 MUTATION

CHILDHOOD/ RARELY ADULT ONSET

DELAYED PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT

MITOCHONDRIAL DISORDER

CHOREA/ DYSTONIA

BILATERAL HEARING LOSS

HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY

LAB: ACANTHOCYTES

NEUROACANTHROCYTOSIS

CHOREA-ACANTHOCYTOSIS (VPS13A)

AGE OF ONSET 20-60YRS

ACTION TONGUE DYSTONIA

FEEDING DYSTONIA/ TICS

PARKINSONISM (MAYBE PRESENTING SIGN)

RUBBER-MAN GAIT (KNEE AND HIP BUCKING)

DROP ATTACK

NEUROPATHY/ MYOPATHY

PSYCHIATRIC MANIFESTATIONS/ SEIZURE 

HEPATO-SPLEENOMEGALY

LAB:  CPK/ LFT ELEVATED

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

ACANTHOCYTE CAN BE ABSENT

MCLEOD (XK) 

COGNITION/ CHOREA

PSYCHITRIC SYMPTOMS/ SEIZURES

NEUROPATHY/ MYOPATHY

CHF/ ATRIAL FIBRILLATION

HAEMOLYSIS 

MRI: CAUDATE/ PUTAMEN  ATROPHY

WHITE MATTER HYPERINTENSITIES

CEREBELLAR/ AFFERENTS

ATAXIA WITH OCULOMOTOR APRAXIA

ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA

TELENGIECTASIA OVER EYES

AND SUN EXPOSED AREAS

OCULOMOTOR APRAXIA 

DYSTONIA/ CHOREA/ MYOCLONUS

PARKINSONISM/ ATAXIA  

TREMOR/ NEUROPATHY

LYMPHOMA/ LEUKEMIA, EARLY

SOLID TUMOUR, LATE

LAB: LOW IGA/ IGG LEVELS

AOA1 (APTX)

AGE OF ONSET 2-10YRS

OCULOMOTOR APRAXIA

DYSTONIA/ CHOREA/ ATAXIA

NEUROPATHY

LAB: ALBUMIN REDUCED

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

MITOCHONDRIAL

MELAS

MYOPATHY/ ENCEPHALOPATHY 

STROKE LIKE EPISODES

NON-OBSTRUCTIVE HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY

LEIGH SYNDROME

MITOCHONDRIAL/ NUCLEAR GENES INVOLVED IN OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION (COMPLEX 1-4)

COGNITION/ ATAXIA/ CHOREA

OPTIC ATROPHY/ RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA

STRABISMUS/ OPHTHALMOPARESIS

NEUROPATHY/ MYOPATHY

SHORT STATURE/ CARDIOMYOPATHY

ADULT ONSET SUBACUTE NECROTIZING ENCEPHALOPATHY VARIANT:

VISION PROBLEM/ ATAXIA

BASAL GANGLIA

MINERAL DEPOSITION 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

RX: LEVODOPA PARTIALLY RESPONSIVE

FAHN/ SPG35 

SPASTICITY/ DYSTONIA

OPTIC ATROPHY

COGNITION/ EPILEPSY

VSGP

BRAIN STEM ATROPHY

MPAN  

DYSTONIA/ PARKINSONISM

SPASTICITY

BILATERAL OPTIC ATROPHY

AXONAL NEUROPATHY

SENDA (BPAN) (WDR45)  

BIPHASIC CLINICAL PROFILE

CHILDHOOD-ONSET:

COGNITIVE DECLINE/RETT-LIKE PHENOTYPE

AUTISM/ STEREOTYPE/ SEIZURES

ADOLESCENCE OR ADULTHOOD ONSET:

SPASTICITY/ PARKINSONISM/ DYSTONIA

OTHER FEATURES:

SEIZURES/ LENNOX GESTAUT SYNDROME

BILATERAL OPTIC ATROPHY

RX: LEVODOPA PARTIALLY RESPONSIVE

COPAN (COASY)  

SLOWLY PROGRESSIVE

DYSTONIA/ PARKINSONISM

SPASTICITY/ AXONAL NEUROPATHY

MRI: EYE OF TIGER SIGN 

VAC14 MUTATIONS

AGE OF ONSET 6-15YRS

COGNITION

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

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

WOODHOUSE SAKATI SYNDROME (DCAF17)

SPECTRUM: RAPIDLY DISABLING TO MILD SYMPTOMS

COGNITIVE DECLINE

DEAFNESS/ DYSTONIA

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

LYSOSOMAL

NIEMANN PICK C DISEASE

VSGP/ GELASTIC CATAPLEXY

ATAXIA/ DYSTONIA/ CHOREA

HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY

THROMBOCYTOPENIA

AMINO-ORGANIC ACIDURIA

LESCH NYHAN SYNDROME

DYSARTHRIA/ DYSTONIA/ TICS

ARTHRITISSELF MUTILATION

GLUTARIC ACIDURIA (GCDH)

COGNITION/ ATAXIA/ DYSTONIA

LAB: URINE ORGANIC ACID

MRI: OPEN OPERCULA/ SDH/ WMH 

BASAL GANGLIA HYPERINTENSITY (T2)

RX: LOW LYSINE DIET/ CARNITINE SUPPLEMENT

PAROXYSMAL

GLUT1 (SLC2A1) 

CHILDHOOD - ADULT-ONSET

10% DON'T HAVE MUTATION IN SLC2A1

PAROXYSMAL/ FIXED

PED/ PNKD/ EPISODIC ATAXIA

RESISTANT EPILEPSY/ MR

DYSTONIA/ ATAXIA
CRISS CROSS GAIT/ SPASTICITY 

WEAKNESS/HEADACHE/ VOMITING

TRIGGERS: FAST/INFECTIONS

VITAMIN DEFECTS

BT-BGD (SLC19A3)

<6Y  : INFANTILE SPASM

6-15 : DYSTONIA/ ATAXIA/ CHOREA

>15   : WERNICKE LIKE

MRI: BASAL GANGLIA T2 HYPERINTENSITY

RX: BIOTIN 5-20MG/ DAY

THIAMINE 300-900MG /DAY

PAROXYSMAL DISORDERS

STATIC/ MILD

ADCY5

AGE OF ONSET 1-20YRS

MYOCLONUS/DYSTONIA/CHOREA  

CAN BE MILD/ STATIC

AXIAL HYPOTONIA/ FACIAL MYOKYMIA

FROG LIKE GAIT/ OCULOMOTOR APRAXIA

VERTICAL SACCADES ABNORMALITY

DROWSY/ BALLISTIC DYSTONIA (PAINFUL)

RX: CAFFEINE / ACETAZOLAMIDE

CLONAZEPAM/ DBS

 

PDE10A

AGE OF ONSET 5-15YRS

CHOREA

DIURNAL VARIATION

 

BENIGN HEREDITARY CHOREA

(NKX2-1/TITF1)  

LUNG: OBSTRUCTIVE/ INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE/ RECURRENT INFECTIONS

THYROID: CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM

BRAIN: CHOREA/ MYOCLONUS/ DYSTONIA 

ATAXIA/ HYPOTONIA

OCD/ ADHD/ PSYCHOSIS

OTHER: WEB NECK/ SHORT STATURE

JOINT HYPER-MOBILITY

MRI: CYSTIC CHANGES IN PITUITARY

PRRT2

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

MENTAL RETARDATION/ SEIZURES

GNAO1

PAROXYSMAL DYSTONIA/ CHOREA

PKD

MENTAL RETARDATION/ FOCAL SEIZURES

GRIN1

MENTAL RETARDATION/ SEIZURES

CHOREA/ DYSTONIA

GPR88

AGE OF OSNET 8-10YRS

SPEECH DELAY/ LEARNING DISABILITY

GNAO1

PAROXYSMAL DYSTONIA/ CHOREA/ PKD

MENTAL RETARDATION/ FOCAL SEIZURES

GNB1

SIMILAR TO GNAO1

PAROXYSMAL DYSTONIA/ CHOREA

PROLONGED EPISODES

DYSTONIA MYOCLONUS / STEREOTYPE

MICROCEPHALY

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SYSTEMIC 

TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS

BEHAVIORAL PROBLEM SEIZURES

CHOREA DUE TO INRACRANIAL TUBERS

HYPOPIGMENTED PATCH

ANGIOFIBROMA

SUBEPENDYMAL CALCIFICATIONS

ELAC2 MUTATION

CHILDHOOD/ RARELY ADULT ONSET

DELAYED PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT

MITOCHONDRIAL DISORDER

CHOREA/ DYSTONIA

BILATERAL HEARING LOSS

HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY

LAB: ACANTHOCYTES

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