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Cerebellar atrophy on top of motor neuron compromise as indicator of late-onset GM2 gangliosidosis.

Authors :
Hölzer, Hans Thomas
Boschann, Felix
Hennermann, Julia B.
Hahn, Gabriele
Hermann, Andreas
von der Hagen, Maja
Tüngler, Victoria
Source :
Journal of Neurology. Jun2021, Vol. 268 Issue 6, p2259-2262. 4p.
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

Notably, all 14/14 LOTS patients described by Jahnova et al I . i as well as all 18/18 LOTS patients reported by Neudorfer et al I . i exhibit the clinical finding of cerebellar atrophy [[4], [7]]. On physical examination the patient exhibited cachexia, dysarthria, scoliosis, generalized muscular atrophy, bilateral symmetric hyperreflexia, a mild ataxic gait as well as subtle bilateral action tremor. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain at the age of 16 years showed moderate diffuse cerebellar atrophy without supratentorial cerebral atrophy (Fig. [Extracted from the article]

Subjects

Subjects :
*MOTOR neurons
*ATROPHY

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
03405354
Volume :
268
Issue :
6
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Journal of Neurology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
151664867
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-021-10492-y