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BRAINSTEM DEAF
DYST SPASTICITY

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

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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

MRI: 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

EYE OF TIGER SIGN 

VAC14

AGE OF ONSET 6-15YRS

COGNITION

ATAXIA/ SPASTICITY

RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA

NEUROFERRITINOPATHY (FTL1)

ORO-MANDIBULAR DYSKINESIA (85%)

JAW DYSTONIA/ BLEPHAROSPASM

FOCAL LOWER LIMB CHOREA /DYSTONIA 

ACUTE BALLISMUS 

LIP-SMACKING/ WRITER'S CRAMP

FRONTAL SUBCORTICAL COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION

ACERULOPLASMINEMIA (CP)

AGE OF ONSET 30-70YRS

OROFACIAL DYSTONIA/ CERVICAL DYSTONIA

COGNITIVE DECLINE/ ATAXIA

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

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 (ATP7B)

LIVER/ NEUROLOGICAL/ PSYCHIATRY

DYSTONIA/ CHOREA/ PARKINSONISM

DEPRESSION/ OCD/ PHOBIAS

PROTEINURIA/ ARTHRITIS/SUNFLOWER CATARACT

CARDIOMYOPATHY/ ARRHYTHMIAS

SCL30A10/ SCL39A14 (MN TRANSPORTER)

HYPERMANGANESEMIA

BEHAVIORAL CHANGES

PARKINSONISM/ DYSTONIA

SPASTIC PARAPARESIS/ FINE TREMOR

COCKWALK:

TOE WALK/ ERECT SPINE/ ELBOW FLEXED

ALSO SEEN IN SCA3/ PKAN

LAB: POLYCYTHEMIA/ CIRRHOSIS (SCL30A10)

MRI: GPI HYPERINTENSITY (T1)

RX: CHELATION WITH EDTA/ D -PENICILLAMINE

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DOPAMINE BIOAMINE DEFECTS

GTPCH (AR)

INFANCY

RX: RESPONSIVE TO HIGH DOSE LEVODOPA

GTPCH (AD) 

MOST COMMON

ANY AGE PRESENTATION

PARKINSONISM/ DYSTONIA/ OCD

SPASTICITY/ SCOLIOSIS

RX: EXCELLENT RESPONSE TO LEVODOPA 

 

TYROSINE HYDROXYLASE - TYPE A

CEREBRAL PALSY/ JUVENILE PARKINSONISM

OGC/ UPPER LIMB DYSTONIA

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION

RX: GOOD LEVODOPA RESPONSE 

TYROSINE HYDROXYLASE - TYPE B

TREMOR/ PTOSISMENTAL RETARDATION

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION

HYPOTONIA/ DELAYED MILESTONES

RX: GOOD LEVODOPA RESPONSE 

SEPIAPTERIN REDUCTASE DEFICIENCY

MICROCEPHALY

MENTAL RETARDATION/ PARKINSONISM

OGC/ AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION

HYPOTONIA/ SPASTICITY

RX: HIGH DOSE OF LEVODOPA

PTP SYNTHASE DEFICIENCY

DYSTONIA/ EPILEPSY

RX: EXCELLENT LEVODOPA RESPONSE

AADC DEFICIENCY

PRESENTATIONS

SPASTIC DIPLEGIA LIKE CP

SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA

FOCAL DYSTONIA

RIGIDITY/ BRADYKINESIA

PAROXYSMAL MOVEMENT DISORDERS

INFANTILE ONSET:

HYPOTONIA

CAN MIMIC NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE

RIGIDITY/ MULTIFOCAL MYOCLONUS/ OGC

DIURNAL OR WEEKLY FLUCTUATIONS

RX: DOPAMINE AGONIST/ MAO INHIBITORS

PYRIDOXINE 100-200MG/DAY

FOLIC ACID

TRANSPORTOPATHIES

VMAT2 DEFICIENCY (SLC18A2)

INFANTILE DYSTONIA PARKINSONISM

RX: DOPAMINE AGONIST

DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (SLC6A3)

TYPICAL: INFANTILE

ATYPICAL: ADULT-ONSET

PARKINSONISM/ DYSTONIA

OCULOGYRIC CRISIS/ OCULAR FLUTTER

SACCADIC INITIATION PROBLEM

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION

SPINAL CORD/ TRACTS

AFG3L2 

DIURNAL VARIATION

DYSTONIA/ATAXIA/PARKINSONISM

OPTIC ATROPHY

RX: DOPAMINE RESPONSIVE

SPG7

AGE OF ONSET <50 YRS

ATAXIA/ OPHTHALMOPARESIS

AMYOTROPHY/ PARKINSONISM

CERVICAL/ LIMB DYSTONIA

SPG8

PAROXYSMAL EXERCISE DYSTONIA

DIURNALLY FLUCTUATING DYSTONIA

SPG11

COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT

PSEUDOBULBAR INVOLVEMENT

ATAXIA/ PARKINSONISM

DYSTONIA/ DYSTONIC TREMOR

LEVODOPA REPONSIVE

RETINAL DEGENERATION

NEUROPATHY/ PES CAVUS

MRI: THIN CORPUS CALLOSUM

SPG15

COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT

PARKINSONISM (LEVODOPA REPONSIVE)

FOCAL DYSTONIA

RETINAL DEGENERATION

NEUROPATHY

MRI: THIN CORPUS CALLOSUM

BASAL GANGLIA

PARKINSON'S DISEASE (PRIMARY)

PARKIN

AUTONOMIC/DYSTONIA/PSYCHIATRY

FOOT DYSTONIA ON EXERTION

PINK

AUTONOMIC/DYSTONIA/PSYCHIATRY

DJ1

CATARACT/ AMYOTROPHY (AHC)

HEARING

 

FBX07

PYRAMIDAL/ PSYCHIATRY/ CHOREA

VSGP

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