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What are sphingolipidoses?

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Progressive conditions that involve defective neuronal lipid metabolism. Ex:Tay-Sachs, Gaucher, Niemann-Pick, Fabry, Krabbe, Metachromatic leukodystrophy

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What is the inheritance pattern and deficient enzyme of Tay-Sachs disease?

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aka infantile GM2 Gangliosidosis. AR (more common in Ashkenazi Jews). Hexosaminidase A.

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What builds up in Tay-Sachs disease and what is the presentation?

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Neuronal gangliosides. 4-6 months old with hyperreflixa, seizures, hypotonia, blindness, macular cherry-red spots

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What metabolic conditions have macular cherry-red spots?

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Niemann-Pick, Gaucher and Tay-Sachs

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What enzyme is deficient in Sandhoff?

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Hexosaminidase A & B. Similar presentation to Tay-Sachs.

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What is the inheritance pattern and deficiency in Gaucher’s disease?

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AR. Glucocerebrosidase.

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What are the three main forms of presentation of Gaucher’s?

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Infantile- seizures, cherry-red spots, hepatosplenomegaly, early death.
Chronic non-neuronopathic- juvenile increase visceral storage
Juvenile neuronopathic- epilepsy, IQ decline, spasticity, hypersplenism around 5yo

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Niemann-Pick inheritance and enzyme

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AR. Sphingomyelinase

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What is the presentation of Niemann-Pick?

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hypotonia, cherry-red spots, MR, hepatosplenomegaly. Death by 4-5yo

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What is the inheritance of Fabry disease and which enzyme is affected?

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X-linked. Beta-Galactosidase

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What is the presentation of Fabry disease?

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extremity pain and paresthesias, telangiectasias, renal failure, cardiomyopathy, large purple macular skin lesions

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What is the enzyme and inheritance pattern of Metachromatic leukodystrophy?

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AR. Arylsulfatase A (lysosomal)

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What accumalates in metachromatic leukodystrophy and what is the presentation?

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Sulfatide.
Late infantile type- flaccid paralysis, dementia, slow nerve conduction velocities, optic atrophy, and death by 10
Juvenile- similar but slower progression
Adult- 4th decade with progressive dementia

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What is the Krabbe disease?

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A globoid cell leukodystrophy from deficient galactocerebrosidase. AR. Accumulates psychosine which is toxic to oligodendrocytes.

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What is the presentation of Krabbe disease?

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3-6mo. Hypertonic and Hyperreflexic with pregression to flaccid paralysis and death by 2-3yo.

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What is the presentation of Alexander’s disease and what is the characteristic pathological finding?

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Presents in 1st year of life: macrocephaly, spasticity, seizures, loss of milestones. Rosenthal fibers (start frontally)

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What enzyme is deficient in Canavan’s disease? What is the inheritance pattern and what accumulates?

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Aspartoacylase (amino-acidopathy). AR (Ashkenazi). N-acetylaspartate (seen on MR spect)

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What is the presentation of Canavan’s disease?

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2-4mo. hypotonia, optic atrophy and macrocephaly.

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What does Canavan’s disease involve?

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Subcortical U fibers (unlike most leukodystrophies).

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What is Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease and how is it inherited?

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Deficient myelin proteolipid protein. X-linked recessive.

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What is the presentation of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher?

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Infancy: Spasticity, ataxia, optic atrophy, seizures, rotary nystagmus, delayed development. Survive into 30s

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What is the inheritance pattern of Adrenoleukodystrophy? What is defective?

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X-linked. Defective peroxisomal very long-chain fatty acid B-oxidation (lignoceroyl coenzyme A)

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What is the presentation and skin appearance of Adrenoleukodystrophy?

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5-8yo: Bronze skin, dementia, behavioral changes, optic atrophy, neuropathy

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Which mucopolysaccharidoses is X-linked?

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Hunter

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Hurler Syndrome. Inheritance and enzyme?
AR. a-L-iduronidase. aka Mucopolysaccharidoses I (MPS I)
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What is the presentation of Hurler?
Corneal clouding, MR, coarse facial features, cardiac disease. Fatal by 10.
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Lab test for Hurler?
Increased urinary excretion of dermatan and heparan sulfate
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Scheie syndrome. Inheritance and enzyme?
AR mild variant of Hurler. a-L-iduronidase.
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What is the presentation of Scheie?
Mild version of Hurler. No MR and live long unless cardiac issues. Occassionally will have spinal cord compression or corneal clouding
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Hunter's syndrome. Inheritance and enzyme?
MPS II. X-linked recessive. iduronate-2-sulfatase
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What is the presentation of Hunter's.
Pebbled skin over the scapulae. Dwarf, hepatosplenomegaly, deaf, hydrocephalus (no corneal clouding). Slower progression than Hurler
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Lab test for Hunter's?
increased urinary excretion of dermatan sulfate
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Sanfilippo syndrome. Inheritance and enzyme?
MPS III. AR. 4 different enzyme mutations involved with metabolism of heparan sulfate
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What are the symptoms of Sanfilippo?
MR, ataxia, hirsutism, seizures, progressive quadriparesis. Affects juveniles and they live until 2nd decade
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Morquio syndrome. Inheritance and enzyme?
AR. B-galactosidase (mild form) or galactose-6-sulfatase (severe form)
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What is the presentation of Morquio?
AO subluxation leading to cervical SCI. dwarfism, joint laxity, deafness, cardiac and pulmonary disease
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Increased urinary excretion of ________ is seen with Morquio syndrome?
keratan sulfate
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What is the inheritance pattern of glycogen storage disease?
AR (except IX and a subtype of VIII X-linked)
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What is the enzyme and presentation of Von Gierke's disease?
(Type I glycogenosis) Glucose-6-phosphatase. Hepatomegaly and hypoglycemia
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What is the enzyme and presentation of Pompe's disease?
(Type II) Acid maltase (a-glucosidase). Infantile- hypotonia, macroglossia, cardiomegaly (death by 2) Juvenile/Adult- myopathy
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What is the enzyme and presentation of Cori's disease?
Type III. amylo-1,6-glucosidase (debranching enzyme). Hepatomegaly, seizures, growth retardation
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What is the enzyme and presentation of McArdle's disease?
Type V. Myophosphorylase. Muscle Cramps and myoglobinuria
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What is the enzyme and presentation of Tauri's disease?
Type VII. Phosphofructokinase. Early fatigue with exercise
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What is the inheritance pattern of mitochondrial disorders?
Maternal inheritance
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What is MELAS?
A mitochondrial disorder: generalized seizures, migraines, strokes
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What is associated with ragged-red fibers?
MELAS and MERRF (myoclonic epilepsy with ragged-red fibers)
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What is the triad of Kearns-Sayre syndrome?
Progressive ophthalmoplegia, pigmentary retinopathy, onset before 20. Deletion of mtDNA with cardiomyopathy and conduction defects
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What is Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy?
Mitochondrial disorder with progressive, painless central visual loss and cardiac conduction abnormality in the 3-4 decade
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What are the amino acidopathies?
PKU, Maple syrup urine disease, Homocystinuria, hartnup. All autosomal recessive.
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What is the enzyme and presentation of PKU?
Phenylalanine hydroxylase. MR, seizures, hyperreflexia, abnormal skin/hair pigmentation.
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What is the enzyme and presentation of Maple Syrup Urine disease?
Defect in branched chain aa metabolism. Hypertonia, seizures, opisthotonos, sweet smelling urine
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What is the enzyme and presentation of Homocystinuria?
Cystathionine B-synthase. Intimal thickening and fibrosis of blood vessels leading to stroke and dural sinus thrombosis. Seizures, ectopia lentis (malpositioned eye lense), glaucoma, Marfanoid
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What accumulates in homocystinuria
Methionine and homocystine
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What do you supplement in Homocystinuria?
Cysteine
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What do you supplement in MSUD?
Thiamine
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What do you avoid in MSUD?
Leucine, isoleucine, valine
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What do you avoid in Homocystinuria?
Methionine
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What is the defect and presentation of Hartnup disease?
defect in transport of neutral a.a. MR, Ataxia, photosensitive dermatitis, nystagmus, renal aminoaciduria.
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What do you supplement Hartnup? Does it get better with age?
Niacin supplement (like pellagra) and a high protein diet. Gets better with age.
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Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
X-linked disorder of purine metabolism with increased levels of uric acid
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What is defective in Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT)
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What is the presentation in Lesch-Nyhan
Self mutilation, choreoathetosis, MR, death from renal failure
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What is the deficiency and presentation of Glucose transporter protein syndrome (GTPS)?
GLUT-1 (moves Glu across BBB). Decreased CSF glu (hypoglycorrhachia). Seizures, MR, microcephaly, ataxia.
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How do you treat GTPS?
Ketogenic diet
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What is Zellweger syndrome?
AR peroxisomal disorder with abnormalities in very-long-chain fatty acids. Present with hypotonia, seizures, pigmentary retinopathy, characteristic face.
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Wilson's disease. What chromosome and what is impaired
Hepatolenticular degeneration. AR Chr 13. Formation of Ceruloplasmin is impaired (decreased serum ceruloplasmin) and biliary excretion of copper is decreased.
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What is the presentation of Wilson's disease?
Increased serum copper, cirrhosis, Kayser-Fleischer rings, seizures, ataxia, tremor
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What is the MRI and pathologic appearance of Wilson's disease
T-1- hyperintense BG and abundant Alzheimer Type II astrocytes
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What is the treatment of Wilson's disease?
Penicillamine or ammonium tetrathiomolybdate and zinc
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Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP)
abnormal metabolism of heme and increased urinary excretion of d-aminoevulinic acid. Presents with severe abdominal pain, psychosis, and peripheral neuropathy (similar to lead poisoning)
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What is the treatment and what exacerbates AIP?
Treatment: Propranolol, hematin, diazepam (for seizures) Preciptates: barbiturates
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What is Hallervorden-Spatz disease?
AR with motor abnormalities: hyperreflexia, dystonia, ataxia, stiff arms/legs and a frozen face
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What is the imaging feature of Hallervorden-Spatz?
T2 MRI hypointense GP ("eye of the tiger")
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What is neuroacanthocytosis?
Levine-Critchley syndrome. Progressive multisystem neurodegenerative d/o. AD Chr 9
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What is the presentation of neuroacanthocytosis?
Psychiatric, dementia, hyperkinesis, acanthocytes
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What are the neuroimaging features of neuroacanthocytosis?
Severe atrophy of the Striatum
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What is superficial siderosis?
Chronic deposition of hemosiderin over the surface of the brain and SC. Secondary to chronic CNS hemorrhages
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What is the presentation of superficial siderosis?
Hearing loss, ataxia, myelopathy, anosmia, dementia
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What is Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome?
AR: Impaired night vision (retinitis pigmentosa), obesity, MR, hypertension
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What does a defect in phytanic acid metabolism cause?
Refsum disease (an AR hypertrophic sensorimotor neuropathy). Progressive night blindness, hearing loss, ataxia, pes cavus, ichthyosis, cardiac conduction abnormalities
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What enzyme is defective in Refsum's disease?
Phytanoyl-coenzyme A hydroxylase

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