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The ocular motor features of adult-onset alexander disease: a case and review of the literature.

[alexander disease]

A 51-year-old Chinese man presented with gaze-evoked nystagmus, impaired smooth pursuit and vestibular ocular reflex cancellation, and saccadic dysmetria, along with a family history suggestive of late-onset autosomal dominant parkinsonism. MRI revealed abnormalities of the medulla and cervical spinal cord typical of adult-onset Alexander disease, and genetic testing showed homozygosity for the p.D295N polymorphic allele in the gene encoding the glial fibrillary acidic protein. A review of the literature shows that ocular signs are frequent in adult-onset Alexander disease, most commonly gaze-evoked nystagmus, pendular nystagmus, and/or oculopalatal myoclonus, and less commonly ptosis, miosis, and saccadic dysmetria. These signs are consistent with the propensity of adult-onset Alexander disease to cause medullary abnormalities on neuroimaging.

Diseases presenting "fibrillary acidic protein" symptom

  • alexander disease
  • canavan disease
  • erdheim-chester disease
  • hirschsprung disease
  • hydrocephalus with stenosis of the aqueduct of sylvius
  • von hippel-lindau disease

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