Table 4. Summary of clinical and radiological features of PLAN phenotypes[22].
INAD | Atypical NAD | PLAN-DP | |
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Age of onset | 6 months to 3 years | Early childhood; can be as late as end of second decade | 4–36 years |
Brain MRI | Cerebellar atrophy, cerebellar gliosis, posterior corpus callosum abnormalities (thinning, vertical orientation, elongation), apparent claval hypertrophy, iron deposition in basal ganglia (increases with age) | Iron deposition with or without cerebellar atrophy | Normal imaging, cerebral and/or cerebellar atrophy, iron deposition in basal ganglia (33%), corpus callosum changes similar to INAD (some cases) |
Disease presentation | Gait disturbance and loss of ambulation, truncal hypotonia with hyper-reflexia and hypertonicity, neuroregression with loss of acquired motor skills | Gait impairment or ataxia; social communication difficulties, such as speech difficulties and autistic trait | Gait impairment, dystonia, Parkinsonism, tremor at rest, speech difficulties, and neuropsychiatric disorders |
Disease progression | Spastic tetraparesis, with symmetrical pyramidal tract signs and areflexia | Dystonia and dysarthria, neuropsychiatric features, such as hyperactivity, impulsivity, emotional lability, and poor attention | Severe dystonia and/or Parkinsonism, spasticity, myoclonus, autonomic dysfunction, seizure, neuropsychiatric features, and cognitive decline |
Ocular abnormalities | Strabismus, nystagmus, optic nerve atrophy | Strabismus, nystagmus, optic nerve atrophy | Supranuclear gaze palsy, slow saccades, fragmented saccades, nystagmus, lid opening apraxia |
INAD, Infantile Neuroaxonal Dystrophy; MRI, Magnetic Resonance Imaging; PLAN-DP, PLA2G6-associated Neurodegeneration Dystonia–Parkinsonism.