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BRAIN & DEVELOPMENT
Volume 43, Issue 10, Pages 1013-1022Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2021.06.010
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Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation; PKAN; PLAN; INAD; MPAN; BPAN; Kufor-Rakeb Syndrome
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This study retrospectively analyzed the clinical, radiological, and genetic data of 27 NBIA patients in a tertiary care center in Southern India from 2014 to 2020, finding that PLAN and PKAN were the most common types. Common symptoms included walking difficulty, developmental regression, and epilepsy, with pyramidal signs being the most common examination feature.
Background: Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA) is a group of rare inherited neurodegenerative disorders. Ten types of NBIA are known. Studies reporting various NBIA subtypes together are few. This study was aimed at describing clinical features, neuroimaging findings, and genetic mutations of different NBIA group disorders. Methods: Clinical, radiological, and genetic data of patients diagnosed with NBIA in a tertiary care centre in Southern India from 2014 to 2020 was retrospectively collected and analysed. Results: In our cohort of 27 cases, PLA2G6-associated neurodegeneration (PLAN) was most common (n = 13) followed by Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN) (n = 9). We had 2 cases each of Mitochondrial membrane-associated neurodegeneration (MPAN) and Beta-propeller protein- associated neurodegeneration (BPAN) and 1 case of Kufor-Rakeb Syndrome (KRS). Walking difficulty was the presenting complaint in all PKAN cases, whereas the presentation in PLAN was that of development regression with onset at a mean age of 2 years. Overall, 50% patients of them presented with development regression and one-third had epilepsy. Presence of pyramidal signs was most common examination feature (89%) followed by one or more eye findings (81%) and movement disorders (50%). Neuroimaging was abnormal in 24/27 cases and cerebellar atrophy was the commonest finding (52%) followed by globus pallidus hypointensities (44%). Conclusions: One should have a high index of clinical suspicion for the diagnosis of NBIA in children presenting with neuroregression and vision abnormalities in presence of pyramidal signs or movement disorders. Neuroimaging and ophthalmological evaluation provide important clues to diagnosis in NBIA syndromes. (C) 2021 The Japanese Society of Child Neurology. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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