Neuro-acanthocytosis: Report of two cases
Articles > Article · 2020
Authors: HÜSEYİN NEZİH ÖZDEMİR, Ahmet GÖKÇAY, Figen GÖKÇAY
Ege Tıp Dergisi, International, 2020, vol 59, pp 64-66
DOI: 10.19161/etd.698519
Summary
Neuro-acanthocytosis (NA), an umbrella term for a group of rare diseases characterized by misshapen erythrocytes (acanthocytes) and neuronal multisystem pathology. Clinical features include choreatic movement disorder, psychiatric manifestations and cognitive decline, and additional features including myopathy, axonal neuropathy and seizures. Herein we report two cases - a 42-year-old woman and a 28-year-old man - from Turkey presented with heterogenous courses of neuro-acanthocytosis.