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CORTICAL/ 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 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

PARTINGTON SYNDROME (ARX) 

X-LINKED RECESSIVE

ONSET NFANCY/CHILDHOOD

MENTAL RETARDATION/ DYSTONIA

GAUCHER DISEASE (GBA) 

GD1: ADULT GD

VARIED AGE PRESENTATION 

COGNITION/ PARKINSONISM

TREMOR/ ATAXIA

INCREASED RISK FOR PD (10x)

POOR RESPONSE TO LEVODOPA

NO EYE MOVEMENT ABNORMALITY

ACUTE PAINFUL BONE CRISIS

LAB: ANAEMIA/ PANCYTOPENIA 

THROMBOCYTOPENIA 

HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY

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 (PLP1)

SPASTIC ATAXIA 

SPG2: PURE SPASTIC PARAPARESIS

MULTIFOCAL DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY

COGNITION/ TITUBATION 

DYSTONIA/ CHOREA OF EXTREMITIES

HEAD AND UPPER LIMB TREMOR

SURVIVAL TILL LATE ADULTHOOD

MRI: HYPOMYELINATION

INTERNAL CAPSULE/ OPTIC RADIATION

PROXIMAL CORONAL RADIATA

CEREBELLAR ATROPHY

BASAL GANGLIA

LYSOSOMAL (BG)

NIEMANN PICK C DISEASE 

VSGP/ GELASTIC CATAPLEXY

ATAXIA/ DYSTONIA/ CHOREA

HEPATOSPLEENOMEGALY

THROMBOCYTOPENIA

GM1 GANGLIOSIDOSIS

TYPE 3 (ADULT)

DYSTONIA/ PARKINSONISM

WRITERS CRAMP

DYSTONIA/ SPINAL BONY ABNORMALITY

ANGIOKERATOMA (TRUNK)  LIKE IN FABRY'S DISEASE

PRIMARY DYSTONIA

H-ABC/ DYT4 (TUBB4)

HYPOMYELINATION WITH ATROPHY OF BASAL GANGLIA NAD CEREBELLUM

DYSTONIA/ ATAXIA/ COGNITION

WHISPERING DYSPHONIA

MICROCEPHALY/ SPASTICITY

AMINOACIDURIA

L2 H-GLUTARIC ACIDURIA 

MACROCEPHALY

HIGH RISK OF MALIGNANCY

SPASTICITY/ ATAXIA/ DYSTONIA

IMAGING: ABNORMAL DAT SCAN

RX: LEVODOPA/ RIBOFLAVIN

PAROXYSMAL

GLUT1 (SLC2A1)  

CHILD - ADULT ONSET

MUTATION IN SLC2A1 (90%)

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

>15   : WERNICKE LIKE PHENOTYPE

SYSTEMIC

AICARDI GOUTIERES DISEASE

(AGS 17 / TREX1/IFIH1)

CHILBLAINS

ENCEPHALOPATHY/ MICROCEPHALY

GENERALIZED DYSTONIA

MRI: SYMMETRICAL BASAL GANGLIA

AND BRAIN CALCIFICATIONS

RXSTN DBS MAY BEUSEFUL

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CEREBELLUM/ CEREBELLAR AFFERENTS

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

METABOLIC/ INFECTIONS

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(90%)

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

BRAIN MINERALIZATION

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/ EPILEPSYVSGP

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

ORO-MANDIBULAR DYSKINESIA (85%)

JAW DYSTONIA/ BLEPHAROSPASM

FOCAL LOWER LIMB CHOREA /DYSTONIA 

ACUTE BALLISMUS 

LIP-SMACKING/ WRITER'S CRAMP

FRONTAL SUBCORTICAL COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION

ACERULOPLASMINEMIA 

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)

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/ 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

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

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