Intellectual Disability, Falls and Gait Disturbances: A Misdiagnosis

  • Noel Lorenzo Villalba Service de Médecine Interne, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
  • Santiago Díaz Nicolas Neurology Department, Dr Negrin University Hospital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
  • Maria Belen Alonso Ortiz Internal Medicine Department, Dr Negrin University Hospital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
  • Zaida Cordoba Sosa Internal Medicine Department, Fuerteventura General Hospital, Puerto del Rosario, Spain
  • Saturnino Suárez Ortega Internal Medicine Department, Dr Negrin University Hospital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
  • Abrar-Ahmad Zulfiqar Service de Médecine Interne, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12890/2020_001488

Keywords

Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation, pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration, magnetic resonance imaging

Abstract

We report the case of a 27-year-old man presenting with slowly progressive extrapyramidal dysfunction and learning disability considered to have a syndromic intellectual disability. The re-evaluation of the clinical features and the investigations performed led to the diagnosis of atypical pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN).

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    • Published: 2020-02-13

    Issue: Vol 7 No 3 (view)

    Section: Articles

    How to cite:
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    Lorenzo Villalba N, Díaz Nicolas S, Alonso Ortiz MB, Cordoba Sosa Z, Suárez Ortega S, Zulfiqar A-A. Intellectual Disability, Falls and Gait Disturbances: A Misdiagnosis. EJCRIM 2020;7 doi:10.12890/2020_001488.

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