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Possible EIF2AK2‐Associated Stress‐Related Neurological Decompensation with Combined Dystonia and Striatal Lesions
Background Variants in EIF2AK2 have been recently associated with a spectrum of neurological disease encompassing isolated dystonia to fever‐related neurological decompensation, movement disorders and leukodystrophy. Case A 32‐year old patient presented with childhood‐onset episodes of neurological...
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Published in: | Movement disorders clinical practice (Hoboken, N.J.) N.J.), 2022-02, Vol.9 (2), p.240-244 |
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Summary: | Background
Variants in EIF2AK2 have been recently associated with a spectrum of neurological disease encompassing isolated dystonia to fever‐related neurological decompensation, movement disorders and leukodystrophy.
Case
A 32‐year old patient presented with childhood‐onset episodes of neurological decompensation after febrile illness, progressive anarthria, dystonia and spasticity. The T2/FLAIR MRI showed bilateral posterolateral putamen hyperintensities and white matter changes suggestive of leukodystrophy. Initial extensive metabolic workup and whole genome sequencing (WGS) was unremarkable. Re‐analysis of the WGS data revealed a variant in exon 3 of the EIF2AK2 gene [(NM_001135651.3): c.92C > G (p.Pro31Arg)].
EIF2AK2‐associated disorders should be incorporated into the differential diagnosis of the syndrome of fever‐related neurological decompensation with movement disorders, especially in the presence of abnormal neuroimaging.
Literature review
Disease‐causing variants in EIF2AK2 have been reported in 24 individuals from 16 families in the literature to date. Two broad phenotypes have been described, including: (1) childhood‐onset generalized dystonia and a normal brain MRI; and (2) early childhood‐onset developmental delay combined with movement disorders, spasticity, and seizures in some. Notably, 92% of these patients have neurological deterioration after febrile illness or other physiological stress. Hypomyelination or delayed myelination and thin corpus callosum are seen in most patients and lower medullary lessions are common. Basal ganglia lesions have been reported previously in one case.
Conclusions
EIF2AK2‐associated disorders should be incorporated into the differential diagnosis of the syndrome of fever‐related neurological decompensation with movement disorders, especially in the presence of abnormal neuroimaging. |
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ISSN: | 2330-1619 2330-1619 |
DOI: | 10.1002/mdc3.13384 |