Child neurology Flashcards
(95 cards)
When does neurolation (formation of neural tube) occur
3-6 weeks’ gestation
What arises from:
Mesencephalon
Prosencephalon
Rhombencephalon
(in abc order here)
Rhombencephalon:
Medulla
Pons
Cerebellum
Mesencephalon:
Midbrain
Prosencephalon:
Diencephalon: thalamus and hypothalamus (and STN)
Telencephalon: Cerebral hemispheres including basal ganglia (also olfactory bulb)
(in low to high order here)
How does galactosemia present?
In addition to checking the enzyme directly, what is a lab finding?
Treatment?
Vomiting, diarrhea, and jaundice in first days of life, with lethargy and hypotonia (can lead to neurologica sequelae includin developmental delay, tremor, ataxia)
Reducing substances in urine
Dietary restriction of galactose and lactose
How does pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) deficiency present?
In addition to checking the enzyme directly, what is a lab finding?
Treatment?
Variable.
Severe forms with severe lactic acidosis and neonatal death.
Milder form with episodes of ataxia, lethargy, and weakness.
Lab: lactic acidosis with low lactate:pyruvate ratio
Treatment: ketogenic diet and supplementation (thiamine and potentially carnitine, CoQ10, biotin)
What are two possible mechanisms of HTN in NF1
Renal artery dysplasia
Pheochromocytoma
How does GLUT-1 deficiency present?
What is a lab finding?
Gene and inheritence?
Treatment?
Can be:
Severe: severe epilepsy, developmental delay, involuntary movements
Milder: later-onset with episodic involuntary movements
Lab: hypoglycorrhachia (low CSF glucose)
Gene is SLC2A1, autosomal dominant
Treatment: ketogenic diet
PKU:
Clinical presentation
Enzyme deficiency. What accumulates?
Treatment
Normal at birth but later developmental delay, cognitive impairment, seizures, hypotonia. Fair skin and eyes due to decreased melanin
Phenylalanine hydroxylase (converts phenylalanine to tyrosine). Phenylalanine accumulates, as does phenylacetic acid (musty odor)
Treatment: low-protein diet and phenylalanine-free formula (can add tetrahydrobioperin, a cofactor fro phenylalanine hydroxylase)
Maple syrup urine disease
Clinical presentation
Enzyme deficiency. What accumulates?
Treatment
Classic: 2-3 days of live with opisthonus and progressive encephalopathy
Intermediate: developmental delay, FTT, ataxia, and sz in late infancy
Intermittent: AMS and ataxia with sressors, normal between
Enzyme: Branched-chain alpha-ketoacid deydrogenase complex.
Branched amino acids and their ketacids accumulate: leucine, isoleucine, and valine
Treatment: low-protein diet with branched-chain amino acid restrictions, and thiamine.
(Liver transplant can be performed in some cases)
Facial angiofibromas
Tuberous sclerosis
Ash leaf spots
Tuberous sclerosis
Brain tumors associated with tuberous sclerosis
- Cortical tubers
- Giant cell astrocytoma (can lead to obstructive hydrocephalus)
- Subependymal nodules (in ventricle walls)
Genetic cause of tuberous sclerosis
AD, mutations in hamartin (type 1) or tuberin (type 2)
Tumors in tuberous sclerosis outside the CNS
Cardiac rhabdosarcomas (common, usually seen in infancy and most but not always regress)
Renal angiomyolipimas (common)
RCC (relatively rare, 2-3%)
Ungual fibromas
Tuberous sclerosis
Presentation of proprionic aciemia
Cause
Treatment
Normal at birth, later present with hypotonia and difficulty feeding with attacks of metabolic acidosis with ketosis and hyperammonemia, potentially with seizures and coma. Also risk of bleeding including IPH
(On newborn screen)
AR, mutation in proprionyl-CoaA carboxylase
Treat with low protein diet and carnitine and biotin supplementation (cofacros)
Lesch-Nyhan:
Presentation
Genetic cause
Lab abnormality
Treatment
Variable severity, can include spasticity, dystonia, seizure, intellectual impairment. Aggressive behavior and self mutilation are hallmarks. Kidney stones from uric acid can occur.
X-linked recessive, HPRT1 gene, hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (purine salvage pathway)
Lab: elevated uric acid (purine metabolite)
Treat: Purine restriction, allopurinole (decrease uric acid), hydration
Aggressive behavior and self-injurious behavior
Lesch-Nyhan
AEDs particularly associated with neural tube defects
- VPA
- Carbamazepine
Niemenn-Pick types
Type A: CNS involvement (feeding difficulty, hypotonia, psychomotor regression, cherry red macula) as well as visceral (hepatosplenomegaly)
Type B: purely visceral (hepatosplenomegaly and ILD)
Type C: CNS involvement (ataxia, oculomotor abnormalities, spasticity, seiuzures), as well as hepatosplenomegaly.
Type A and B are sphingomyelinase deficiency, lysosomal storage disease
Type C is due to defect in intracellular cholesterol circulation
Metabolic diseases associated with cherry-red macula
- Tay-Sachs (GM2 gangliosidosis type 1, hexosaminidase A deficiency)
- GM2 gangliosidosis type 2 or Sandhoff disease (beta-hexosaminidases A and B deficiency, similar to Tay-Sachs)
- Niemann-Pick disease (sphingomyelinase deficiency in A and B)
- GM1 gangliosidosis type 1 (Acid Beta Galactosidase deficiency)
- Sialidosis or mucolipidosis type 1 (alpha-neuraminidase deficiency)
- Farber disease (Ceramidase deficiency)
- Metachromatic leukodystrophy (arylsulfatase A deficiency)
- Galactosialidosis (neuraminidase deficiency with beta-galactosidase deficiency)
Niemann-Pick type A and B: deficiency
Sphingomyelinase
What is elevated in amniotic fluid in neural tube defects?
- AFP
- Acetylcholinesterase
Periventricular and subcortical white matter changes sparing U fibers
Genetic cause?
Metachromatic leukodystrophy (AR, arylsulfatase A deficiency)
Chiari I and Chiari II malformations
Chiari I: cerbellar tonxils through the foramen magnum, may be asymptomatic or symptomatic (headaches, ataxia, brainstem symptoms)
Chiari II: displacement of cerebellar vermis and tonsils associated with myelomeningocele, leads to brainstem function and hydrocpehaly
(Chiari III is cerebellar herniation into a cervical or occipital encephalocele)