Transient, Recurrent Central Nervous System Clinical Manifestations of X-Linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Presenting with Very Long Latency Periods between Episodes: Is Prolonged Sun Exposure a Provoking Factor?
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease is one of the most common inherited neurological disorders affecting the peripheral nervous system. The common clinical manifestations of the disease are distal muscle weakness and atrophy, often associated with a characteristic steppage gait and foot deformities. Transie...
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author | Tziakouri, Andria Natsiopoulos, Konstantinos Kleopa, Kleopas A. Michaelides, Costas |
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description | Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease is one of the most common inherited neurological disorders affecting the peripheral nervous system. The common clinical manifestations of the disease are distal muscle weakness and atrophy, often associated with a characteristic steppage gait and foot deformities. Transient acute and recurrent or chronic central nervous system manifestations, predominantly, dysarthria, dysphagia, motor weakness, and ataxia, have been recognized as a feature of the X-linked type 1 of CMT (CMTX1). The CNS symptoms occur typically in young age and often precede the clinical manifestation of the polyneuropathy. Several predisposing factors such as exercise, fever, and returning from areas of high altitude have been described as triggers of the CNS symptoms; however, in many cases, a substantial cause remains undetermined. In this report, we describe a patient with three attacks of transient CNS deficits at the ages of 11, 21, and 38 years, respectively, which were also accompanied by transient white matter abnormalities on MRI. Two of the attacks occurred after prolonged exposure to sunlight. In our knowledge, this is the first documented case with such long latency periods between CNS attacks as well as the only report describing intense sun exposure as a possible provoking factor. |
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spelling | pubmed-73362142020-07-16 Transient, Recurrent Central Nervous System Clinical Manifestations of X-Linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Presenting with Very Long Latency Periods between Episodes: Is Prolonged Sun Exposure a Provoking Factor? Tziakouri, Andria Natsiopoulos, Konstantinos Kleopa, Kleopas A. Michaelides, Costas Case Rep Neurol Med Case Report Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease is one of the most common inherited neurological disorders affecting the peripheral nervous system. The common clinical manifestations of the disease are distal muscle weakness and atrophy, often associated with a characteristic steppage gait and foot deformities. Transient acute and recurrent or chronic central nervous system manifestations, predominantly, dysarthria, dysphagia, motor weakness, and ataxia, have been recognized as a feature of the X-linked type 1 of CMT (CMTX1). The CNS symptoms occur typically in young age and often precede the clinical manifestation of the polyneuropathy. Several predisposing factors such as exercise, fever, and returning from areas of high altitude have been described as triggers of the CNS symptoms; however, in many cases, a substantial cause remains undetermined. In this report, we describe a patient with three attacks of transient CNS deficits at the ages of 11, 21, and 38 years, respectively, which were also accompanied by transient white matter abnormalities on MRI. Two of the attacks occurred after prolonged exposure to sunlight. In our knowledge, this is the first documented case with such long latency periods between CNS attacks as well as the only report describing intense sun exposure as a possible provoking factor. Hindawi 2020-06-27 /pmc/articles/PMC7336214/ /pubmed/32685222 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/9753139 Text en Copyright © 2020 Andria Tziakouri et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Tziakouri, Andria Natsiopoulos, Konstantinos Kleopa, Kleopas A. Michaelides, Costas Transient, Recurrent Central Nervous System Clinical Manifestations of X-Linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Presenting with Very Long Latency Periods between Episodes: Is Prolonged Sun Exposure a Provoking Factor? |
title | Transient, Recurrent Central Nervous System Clinical Manifestations of X-Linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Presenting with Very Long Latency Periods between Episodes: Is Prolonged Sun Exposure a Provoking Factor? |
title_full | Transient, Recurrent Central Nervous System Clinical Manifestations of X-Linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Presenting with Very Long Latency Periods between Episodes: Is Prolonged Sun Exposure a Provoking Factor? |
title_fullStr | Transient, Recurrent Central Nervous System Clinical Manifestations of X-Linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Presenting with Very Long Latency Periods between Episodes: Is Prolonged Sun Exposure a Provoking Factor? |
title_full_unstemmed | Transient, Recurrent Central Nervous System Clinical Manifestations of X-Linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Presenting with Very Long Latency Periods between Episodes: Is Prolonged Sun Exposure a Provoking Factor? |
title_short | Transient, Recurrent Central Nervous System Clinical Manifestations of X-Linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Presenting with Very Long Latency Periods between Episodes: Is Prolonged Sun Exposure a Provoking Factor? |
title_sort | transient, recurrent central nervous system clinical manifestations of x-linked charcot-marie-tooth disease presenting with very long latency periods between episodes: is prolonged sun exposure a provoking factor? |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7336214/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32685222 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/9753139 |
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