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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 2.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med Genet A. 2017 May 2;173(7):1951–1954. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.38236

TABLE 1.

Clinical and neuroimaging features associated with of PLXNA1 developmental encephalopathy

Patient DB13-040
Age at last evaluation 16 years
Gender Male
Dysmorphic facial features Sparse lateral eyebrows, hypoplastic infraorbital ridge, small uvula, cupped, low-set ears
Hair findings Sparse pattern on temples and lateral forehead
Dermatologic findings Atopic dermatitis, seborrheic dermatitis, angular cheilitis
Seizures
 Onset 15 months
 Type Ictal vocalization with tonic posturing and upward eye deviation, tonic clonic, behavioral arrest
 Treatment Multiple medications, intractable
Other neurological features
 DD/ID Nonverbal, minimal sign language. Sat at 12–15 months, walked at 2.5 years. Autism spectrum disorder
 Tone Normal
 MRI findings Mild prominence of ventricles and extra-axial fluid spaces
 EEG findings Bilateral spike and wave discharges lasting up to two seconds, consistent with generalized epilepsy
 Variant information PLXNA1:NM_032242:chr3:g.126735788, exon16:c.G3184A:p.G1062S

DD, developmental delay; ID, intellectual disability.