Neurology. 2023 Aug 18:10.1212/WNL.0000000000207658. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000207658. Online ahead of print.
ABSTRACT
We present the case of a 48-year-old man who was referred to the movement disorders clinic for 10 years of progressive slurred speech, spasticity, limb incoordination, and wide-based gait. Extensive neurological workup was inconclusive, including serum and CSF testing, neuroimaging, EMG/NCS, exome sequencing, and mitochondrial testing. An ataxia repeat expansion panel ultimately revealed the final diagnosis. In this report, we review the clinical characteristics of a rare, late-onset, autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia and discuss the importance of pursuing targeted gene testing to avoid diagnostic delays, especially as new treatments for this and other genetic diseases become available.
PMID:37596043 | DOI:10.1212/WNL.0000000000207658