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PALATAL MYOCLONUS 

CORTICAL/ SUBCORTICAL

PROGRESSIVE ATAXIA PALATAL

TREMOR SYNDROME (PAPT)

SPORADIC

MRI: HYPERTROPHIC OLIVARY DEGENERATION

 

FAMILIAL

ALEXANDER DISEASE (GFAP)

CHILDHOOD TILL LATE ADULTHOOD  

BRAIN STEM SIGNS

DYSARTHRIA/ DYSPHONIA

PARKINSONISM/ ATAXIA

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION

MRI: BRAINSTEM AND CERVICAL CORD ATROPHY 

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS 

BRAIN STEM LESIONS

BASAL GANGLIA

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

GM2 GANGLIOSIDOSIS (TAY SACH) 

DEMENTIA-SEIZURES

ATAXIA-PARKINSONISM

PROGRESSIVE MYOCLONUS ATAXIA

SLOW MND/ SPASTICITY

STIMULUS SENSITIVE MYOCLONUS

CHERRY-RED SPOT FUNDUS

LATE ONSET: MILD SYMPTOMS IN 6-7 DECADE

CEREBELLUM/ TRACTS

SCA20

SPASMODIC DYSPHONIA

PALATAL TREMOR (60%)

MRIDENTATE CALCIFICATION

ION HYPERINTENSITY

CEREBROTENDINOSIS XANTHOMATOSIS

VARIABLE AGE OF PRESENTATION

COGNITIVE DECLINE

ATAXIA/ DYSTONIA/ PARKINSONISM

SPASTICITY/ NEUROPATHY

CATARACTPES CAVUS/ DIARRHOEA

XANTHOMAS ACHILLES TENDON

MRI: T2/ FLAIR HYPERINTENSITIES

PERIVENTRICULAR

POSTERIOR LIMB INTERNAL CAPSULE

CEREBRAL PEDUNCLES

ANTERIOR PONS

RX: CHENODEOXYCHOLIC ACID 250MG TID

POLG1

ATAXIA/ PARKINSONISM/ CPEO

OPTIC ATROPHY/ CATARACT

PES CAVUS/ NEUROPATHY

SPINAL CORD/ TRACTS

SPG7

ATAXIA/ PARKINSONISM

OPHTHALMOPARESIS

AMYOTROPHY

CASPR2 AB 

EPISODIC ATAXIA

NEUROMYOTONIA/ MYOKYMIA

LOWER LIMB ACTION MYOCLONUS

SEGMENTAL/ PROPRIOSPINAL MYOCLONUS

RARELY PALATAL TREMOR

SMALL CELL CARCINOMA LUNG

THYMOMA

AUTOIMMUNE

KELCH-LIKE 11 AB

PALATAL MYOCLONUS 

ATAXIA/ OSCILLOPSIA/ VERTIGO

CELIAC DISEASE

ATAXIA/ LEG MYOCLONUS

NEUROPATHY/ DIARRHOEA

GOBBI SYNDROME: CEC SYNDROME

CELIAC DISEASE/ SEIZURES/ BILATERAL

MRI: OCCIPITAL CALCIFICATIONS

LAB: ANTI-TTG ANTIBODIES

OCULOPALATAL MYOCLONUS (OPM)

LOCALIZATION:

GUILLAIN MOLLARET TRIANGLE

OLIVARY NUCLEUS HYPERTROPHY

CTT LESION

SIMILAR ETIOLOGIES FOR

PENDULAR NYSTAGMUS & 

MYORHYTHMIA

ALEXANDER DISEASE (GFAP)

AGE OF ONSET <70YRS

BRAIN STEM SIGNS

DYSARTHRIA/ DYSPHONIA

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION

PARKINSONISM/ ATAXIA

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

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS 

WHIPPLE

OCULOMASTICATORY MYORHYTHMIA

OCULO-FACIAL-SKELETAL MYORHYTHMIA

UPPER LIMB/ GENERALIZED 

ARTHRALGIA/ DIARRHOEA

LAB: PCR IN CSF AND SALIVA 

RX: DOXYCYCLINE/ HCQS

GM2 GANGLIOSIDOSIS (TAY SACH)

DEMENTIA-SEIZURES

ATAXIA-PARKINSONISM

PROGRESSIVE MYOCLONUS ATAXIA

SLOW MND/ SPASTICITY

STIMULUS SENSITIVE MYOCLONUS

CHERRY-RED SPOT FUNDUS

LATE ONSET: MILD SYMPTOMS IN 6-7 DECADE

H-ABC/ DYT4 (TUBB4)

HYPOMYELINATION WITH ATROPHY OF BASAL GANGLIA NAD CEREBELLUM

DYSTONIA/ ATAXIA/ COGNITION

WHISPERING DYSPHONIA

MICROCEPHALY/ SPASTICITY

SARCOIDOSIS

HYPERCALCAEMIA

INCREASE SERUM ACE LEVEL

ABNORMAL X-RAY CHEST

STROKE

ACUTE ONSET

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FACIAL MYOCLONUS

ADCY5

ACTION FACIAL MYOCLONUS 

EPISODIC WORSENING BY STRESS, ANXIETY

AND BEFORE OR AFTER SLEEP

PAROXYSMAL EPISODES IN EARLY DISEASE

HEMIFACIAL SPASM

PERSISTS IN SLEEP

MYOCLONUS 

GABAPENTIN

FACIAL MYOCLONUS

SEEN IN CKD

 

AMANTADINE
OROFACIAL MYOCLONUS 

CORTICAL LESIONS

INVOLVING FACE MOTOR CORTEX

UPPER LIMB

KCNN2 MUTATIONS

COGNITION/AUTISM

ATAXIA/DYSTONIA/ PARKINSONISM

DISTAL MYOCLONUS (TREMOR LIKE)

DYT11 (SGCE)

AGE OF ONSET <20 YRS

HEAD/ ARM/ UPPER BODY

OCD/ ANXIETY

RX:  CLONAZEPAM/ VALPROIC ACID

TRIHEXYPHENIDYL

THALAMIC DBS

DYT15 

MYOCLONUS DYSTONIA

GENE PRESENT ON 18P CHROMOSOME

GNAL 

AGE OF ONSET >20 YRS

CERVICAL/ CRANIAL

OROMANDIBULAR/ LARYNX

TREMOR

ANO3 

ESSENTIAL TREMOR PHENOTYPE

CERVICAL DYSTONIA

FAST MYOCLONUS

DiGEORGE SYNDROME

(22q11.2 DELETION)

ELONGATED FACE/ CLEFT PALATE

PARKINSONISM/ DYSTONIA-MYOCLONUS

EPISODIC SPASMS

HYPOCALCEMIA

CORTICOBASAL SYNDROME 

APRAXIA/ APHASIA/ PARKINSONISM

CORTICAL MYOCLONUS

MOTOR CORTEX LESIONS

OPSOMYOCLONUS ATAXIA

NEUROBLASTOMA

CHILDREN

LAB: URINE VMA/ METANEPHRINE

RI AB

AGE OF ONSET >40YRS

SUBACUTE ONSET PARKINSONISM

PSP PHENOTYPE

OCULOPALATAL-MYOCLONUS

NEOPLASIA: BREAST/ OVARY

GAD AB

PHENOTYPE

ATAXIA/ PARKINSONISM/ PSP

STIFF PERSON SYNDROME

STARTLE MYOCLONUS/ PERM

HEAD RETRACTION JERK

OPSOCLONUS-MYOCLONUS

ORTHOSTATIC TREMOR

LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS/ MTLE

ABNORMAL SACCADES

VELOCITY/LATENCY/ACCURACY

SACCADE INITIATION/ EARLY UPGAZE PALSY

NYSTAGMUS

DOWN/ UPBEAT NYSTAGMUS

PERIODIC ALTERNATING NYSTAGMUS

FLUTTER/OPSOCLONUS/ STIFF EYES

>50YRS: 8%+VE GAD POSITIVE

NMDA AB

MUTISMAUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION

CENTRAL HYPOVENTILATION

STEREOTYPE (PRESENT IN SLEEP)

FACE DYSKINESIA

LIMB/TRUNK DYSKINESIA

PSYCHOSIS PRESENTATION

FEVER/ HEADACHE/ VOMITING

POST HSV/ VZV INFECTION

NEOPLASIA: OVARY/ BREAST

SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA

GABA-B RECEPTOR AB

SEIZURES/ MYORHYTHMIA

GLYCINE-RECEPTOR AB

HYPEREKPLEXIA/ PERM

LEG MYOCLONUS 

CORTICOBASAL SYNDROME 

APRAXIA/ APHASIA/ PARKINSONISM

CELIAC DISEASE

ATAXIA/ LEG MYOCLONUS

NEUROPATHY/ DIARRHOEA

GOBBI SYNDROME: CEC SYNDROME

CELIAC DISEASE/ SEIZURES/ BILATERAL

MRI: OCCIPITAL CALCIFICATIONS

LAB: ANTI-TTG ANTIBODIES

MITOCHONDRIAL

ATAXIA/ NEUROPATHY

ANOXIC

LEG MYOCLONUS

ACTION MYOCLONUS

CASPR2 AB 

EPISODIC ATAXIA

NEUROMYOTONIA/ MYOKYMIA

LOWER LIMB ACTION MYOCLONUS

SEGMENTAL/ PROPRIOSPINAL MYOCLONUS

RARELY PALATAL TREMOR

SMALL CALL CARCINOMA LUNG

THYMOMA

HYPEREKPLEXIA 

EYE BLINK/ FLEXOR SPASM

EXAGGERATED HEAD RETRACTION REFLEX

TAP ON GLABELLA/ NOSE/ UPPER LIP 

ASSOCIATED FEATURES:

1. HEAD RETRACTION

2. PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENTS

3. HYPNAGOGIC MYOCLONUS

 

HEREDITARY (GLRA1/ GLRB/SLC6A5)

AUTOSOAL DOMINANT

AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE

PRIMARY

GLYCINE RECEPTOR ALPHA MUTATION

PERM SYNDROME

GAD/ GLYCINE-RECEPTOR/ DPPX6 AB

LIMB OR AXIAL PAINFUL SPASMS

RIGIDITY/ NYSTAGUS/ OPSOCLONUS

CORTICAL MYOCLONUS/ STARTLE

DEAFNESS/ OPHTHALMOPARESIS

DYSARTHRIA

APNEA/ HYPERSOMNOLENCE

ASSOCIATED WITH THYMOMA

LAB: CSF PLEOCYTOSIS

STIFF PERSON SYNDROME

 

SECONDARY

METACHROMATIC LEUKODYSTROPHY

GM2 GANGLIOSIDOSIS (TAY SACH) 

DEMENTIA-SEIZURES

ATAXIA-PARKINSONISM

PROGRESSIVE MYOCLONUS ATAXIA

SLOW MND/ SPASTICITY

STIMULUS SENSITIVE MYOCLONUS

CHERRY-RED SPOT FUNDUS

LATE ONSET: MILD SYMPTOMS IN 6-7 DECADE

BRAINSTEM ENCEPHALITIS

TETANUS

STRYCHNINE POISONING

POST ANOXIC

MEDULLARY COMPRESSION

POSTERIOR FOSSA MALFORMATION

MSA

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

STARTLE EPILEPSY

PAROXYSMAL DYSTONIA  (PRRT2)

STARTLE IS TRIGGER

CJD

SSPE

KELCH LIKE AB

POST INFECTIOUS

CULTURE SPECIFIC SYNDROMES

AUDITORY/ SENSORY/ VISUAL STIMULUS

JUMPS/ EXOPRAXIA/ ECOLALIA

RETICULAR MYOCLONUS

ANOXIA

URAEMIA

 

VERTEBRAL ARTERY DOLICHOECTASIA

 

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