Nöroakantositoz Vaka Takdimi
Authors : Remzi YİĞİTER, Mehmet Ali ELÇİ, Haşmet HANAĞASI
Pages : 238-242
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Publication Date : 2014-09-01
Article Type : Other Papers
Abstract :Neuroacanthocytosis is a rare multisystemic and neurodegenerative disease. That may also occur with a form of polyneuropathy as well as fonik motor tics, generalized chorea, stereotype. In addition dysarthria and dysphagia symptoms are often seen. 36-year-old female patient who has had progressive gait disturbance, speech impairment and involuntary movements in the face, trunk and extremities for about 10 years. These complaints have increased in the last 4-5 years. Her brother had gait disturbance since her childhood. Dysarthri, dystonia in the trunk, right lower extremity and orofasiolingual and choreiform movements especially of the distal extremites were detected in the neurological examination. Deep tendon reflexs DTR were hypoactive. Except for high level of creatine kinase CK 1151u/l reference 129-168 u/l routine blood test results were normal. Cranial MRI showed atrophy in bilateral caudate nucleus and lentiform nucleus. Neuroacanthocytosis was diagnosis because of much more acanthocytes were seen in the peripheric blood smear and moderate sensorimotor polyneuropathy was detected in the EMGKeywords : neuroacanthocytosis, polyneuropathy