Author:
Min Je Hong,Kim Yoon Seob,Son Myeong Jin,Joo In Soo
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX, OMIM #213700) is a rare inherited metabolic disease caused by the mutation in the CYP27A1 gene. Spinal CTX is a rare clinical subgroup of CTX which lacks typical symptoms seen in classical CTX. Here we report a spinal CTX case revealed double mutation of CYP27A1 gene.
Case presentation
A 42-year-old Asian man visited our hospital with spastic gait started at 35. Physical examination showed bilateral masses on his Achilles tendons and were identified as xanthoma on ankle magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Brain and spinal cord MRI revealed high signal lesions in bilateral cerebellar dentate nuclei and long tract lesions involving lateral corticospinal and gracile tracts. Gene analysis revealed double heterozygous mutation, c.223C > T (p. Gln75Ter) and c.1214G > A (p. Arg405Gln).
Conclusions
We believe that novel mutation detected in our case might have a role in the pathomechanism in CTX. Moreover, spinal CTX should be considered in the patients only presenting with pyramidal symptoms, as CTX shows good prognosis in early treatment with chenodeoxycholic acid.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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