DOI: 10.12890/2020_001488

Intellectual Disability, Falls and Gait Disturbances: A Misdiagnosis

Authors

  • 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

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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 (2020)

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 [Internet]. 2020 Feb. 13 [cited 2026 Nov. 4];7(3). Available from: https://ejcrim.com/index.php/ejcrim/article/view/1488

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