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LYSOSOMAL DISORDERS

GAUCHER DISEASE (GBA) 

GD1: ADULT GD

CAN PRESENT AT ANY AGE

COGINITION/ PARKINSONISM

TREMOR/ ATAXIA

10 TIMES INCREASED RISK FOR PD

NO EYE ABNORMALITY

ANAEMIA/ PANCYTOPENIA 

THROMBOCYTOPENIA 

HEPATOSPLEENOMEGALY

ACUTE PAINFUL BONE CRISIS

GD2: INFANTILE GD

GD3: JUVENILE GD

AGE OF ONSET <10 YRS

HSGP (EARLY) / VSGP (LATE)

CONVERGENT SQUINT (VI NERVE PALSY)

COGNITION/ EPILEPSY/ PME  

FACE/ LIMB DYSTONIA

ATAXIA/ SPASTICITY

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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

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GM1 GANGLIOSIDOSIS

TYPE 1  (INFANTILE) 

COGNITION/ SEIZURES

CORNEAL OPACITY

TYPE 2 (JUVENILE)

COGNITION/ DYSTONIA

ORGANOMEGALY/ CHERRY RED SPOT

TYPE 3 (ADULT)

DYSTONIA/ SPINAL BONY ABNORMALITY

ANGIOKERATOMA (TRUNK)

LIKE IN FABRY'S DISEASE

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GM2 GANGLIOSIDOSIS 

OCCASIONAL DYSTONIA 

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NIEMANN PICK C DISEASE

VSGP/ GELASTIC CATAPLEXY

ATAXIA/ DYSTONIA/ CHOREA

HEPATOSPLEENOMEGALY

THROMBOCYTOPENIA

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AMINO-ORGANIC ACIDURIA DISORDERS

GLUTARIC ACIDURIA (GCDH)

COGNITION/ ATAXIA/ DYSTONIA

GA IN URINE CAN BE NEGATIVE

LAB: URINE ORGANIC ACID

MRI: OPEN OPERCULA/ SDH/ WMH

RX: LOW LYSINE DIET/ CARNITINE SUPPLEMENT

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HOMOCYSTINURIA

DYSTONIA/ PARKINSONISM

PSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS

WIDE SPECTRUM

MARFANOID FEATURES

ECTOPIC LENS /MYOPIA

RX: PYRIDOXINE 100-300MG/DAY

FOLIC ACID 1-5MG/DAY

BETAIN AND RESTRICTION OF DIETARY METHIONINE

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LESCH NYHAN SYNDROME

DYSARTHRIA/ DYSTONIA/ TICS

ARTHRITIS/ SELF MUTILATION

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PHENYLKETONURIA

TICS/ SELF MUTILATION

STEREOTYPE/ OCD/ TREMORS

PRESENTATION CAN BE LATE 

CAN SURVIVE IN LATE ADULTHOOD

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BCAA DISORDERS

PROPIONIC ACIDURIA

DYSTONIA/ CHOREA

PSYCHOSIS/ COGNITION

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L2 H-GLUTARIC ACIDURIA 

MACROCEPHALY

HIGH RISK OF MALIGNANCY

SPASTICITY/ ATAXIA/ DYSTONIA

MRI: HYPERINTENSITY (T2/ FLAIR)

CAUDATE/ PUTAMEN

GLOBUS PALLIDUS/ DENTATE 

CENTRIPETAL WHITE MATTER

U-FIBRE INVOLVED FIRST

CEREBELLAR WHITE MATTER

MACROCEPHALY

ABNORMAL DAT SCAN

RX: LEVODOPA/ RIBOFLAVIN

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METHYLMALONIC ACIDURIA

DYSTONIA/ CHOREA

TREMOR/ ATAXIA

RX: SOME CASES RESPOND TO VIT B12

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DOPAMINE BIOAMINE DEFECTS

GTPCH (AR)

INFANCY

RX: RESPONSIVE TO HIGH DOSE LEVODOPA

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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 

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TYROSINE HYDROXYLASE - TYPE B

TREMOR/ PTOSISMENTAL RETARDATION

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION

HYPOTONIA/ DELAYED MILESTONES

RX: GOOD LEVODOPA RESPONSE 

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SEPIAPTERIN REDUCTASE DEFICIENCY

MICROCEPHALY

MENTAL RETARATION/ PARKINSONISM

OGC/ AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION

HYPOTONIA/ SPASTICITY

RX: HIGH DOSE OF LEVODOPA

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PTP SYNTHASE DEFICIENCY

DYSTONIA/ EPILEPSY​

RX: EXCELLENT LEVODOPA RESPONSE

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AADC DEFICIENCY

PRESENTATIONS

SPASTIC DIPLEGIA LIKE CP

SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA

FOCAL DYSTONIA

RIGIDITY/ BRADYKINESIA

PAROXYSMAL MOVEMENT DISORDERS

INFANTILE ONSET:

HYPOTONIA

CAN MINIC NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE

RIGIDITY/ MULTIFOCAL MYOCLONUS/ OGC

DIURNAL OR WEEKLY FLUCTUATIONS

RX: DOPAMINE AGONIST/ MAO INHIBITORS

PYRIDOXINE 100-200MG/DAY

FOLIC ACID

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TRANSPORTOPATHIES

VMAT2 DEFICIENCY (SLC18A2)

INFANTILE DYSTONIA PARKINSONISM

RX: DOPAMINE AGONIST

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DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (SLC6A3)

TYPICAL: INFANTILE

ATYPICAL: ADULT ONSET

PARKINSONISM/ DYSTONIA

OCULOGYRIC CRISIS/ OCULAR FLUTTER

SACCADIC INITIATION PROBLEM

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION

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CARBOHYDRATE DISORDERS

GLUT1 (SLC2A1) 

CHILD - ADULT ONSET

SLC2A1 MUTATIONS (90%)

PAROXYSMAL/ FIXED DYSTONIA

PAROXYSMAL EXERCISE INDUCED DYSTONIA 

PAROXYSMAL NON KINESOGENIC DYSTONIA 

EPISODIC ATAXIA

RESISTANT EPILEPSY

MENTAL RETARDATION

DYSTONIA/ ATAXIA

LAB: CSF GLUCOSE <60MG/DL

CSF TO BLOOD GLUCOSE RATIO: 0.2 - 0.59

INCREASE CSF LACTATE

BASAL GANGLIA

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

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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

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FAHN/ SPG35  

SPASTICITY/ DYSTONIA

OPTIC ATROPHY

COGNITION/ EPILEPSY/ VSGP

MRI: BRAIN STEM ATROPHY

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MPAN  

DYSTONIA/ PARKINSONISM

SPASTICITY

BILATERAL OPTIC ATROPHY

AXONAL NEUROPATHY

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SENDA (BPAN) (WDR45)  

BIPHASIC CLINICAL PROFILE

CHILDHOOD-ONSET, DECLINE IN ADULT

SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA AND MENTAL

RETARDATION TILL 30YRS 

PROGRESSES TO DYSTONIA AND PARKINSONISM

OTHER FEATURES:

SEIZURES/ LENNOX GESTAUT SYNDROME

BILATERAL OPTIC ATROPHY

RX: LEVODOPA PARTIALLY RESPONSIVE

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COPAN (COASY)

SLOWLY PROGRESSIVE

DYSTONIA/ PARKINSONISM

SPASTICITY/ AXONAL NEUROPATHY

EYE OF TIGER SIGN 

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VAC14

AGE OF ONSET 6-15YRS

COGNITION

ATAXIA/ SPASTICITY

RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA

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NEUROFERRITINOPATHY

ORO-MANDIBULAR DYSKINESIA (85%)

JAW DYSTONIA/ BLEPHAROSPASM

FOCAL LOWER LIMB CHOREA /DYSTONIA 

ACUTE BALLISMUS 

LIP-SMACKING/ WRITER'S CRAMP

FRONTAL SUBCORTICAL COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION

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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

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WOODHOUSE SAKATI SYNDROME (DCAF17)

SPECTRUM: RAPIDLY DISABLING TO MILD SYMPTOMS

COGNITIVE DECLINE

DEAFNESS/ DYSTONIA

PARKINSONISM/ ATAXIA

ALOPECIA./ DIABETES/ HYPOGONADISM

TRIANGULAR FACE/ HYPERTELORISM

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KUFOR RAKEB SYNDROME (ATP13A2) 

PARK9/ SPG78

COGNITION/ PARKINSONISM/ VSGP

VISUAL HALLUCINATION

LEVODOPA-INDUCED DYSKINESIA

OCULOGYRIC CRISIS

FACIAL-FAUCIAL-FINGER-MYOCLONUS

SPG78: LATE SPASTICITY WITHOUT PARKINSONISM

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WILSON'S DISEASE  

LIVER/ NEUROLOGICAL/ PSYCHIATRY

DYSTONIA/ CHOREA/ PARKINSONISM

DEPRESSION/ OCD/ PHOBIAS

PROTEINURIA/ ARTHRITIS/SUNFLOWER CATARACT

CARDIOMYOPATHY/ ARRHYTHMIAS

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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

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