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Hypoplasia of the pyramidal tract

MedGen UID:
342610
Concept ID:
C1850871
Finding
Synonym: Pyramidal tract hypoplasia
 
HPO: HP:0007348

Conditions with this feature

Muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy (congenital with brain and eye anomalies), type A, 4
MedGen UID:
140820
Concept ID:
C0410174
Disease or Syndrome
Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy (FCMD) is characterized by hypotonia, symmetric generalized muscle weakness, and CNS migration disturbances that result in changes consistent with cobblestone lissencephaly with cerebral and cerebellar cortical dysplasia. Mild, typical, and severe phenotypes are recognized. Onset typically occurs in early infancy with poor suck, weak cry, and floppiness. Affected individuals have contractures of the hips, knees, and interphalangeal joints. Later features include myopathic facial appearance, pseudohypertrophy of the calves and forearms, motor and speech delays, intellectual disability, seizures, ophthalmologic abnormalities including visual impairment and retinal dysplasia, and progressive cardiac involvement after age ten years. Swallowing disturbance occurs in individuals with severe FCMD and in individuals older than age ten years, leading to recurrent aspiration pneumonia and death.

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PubMed

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Etiology

Martinello C, Panza E, Orlacchio A
Expert Rev Proteomics 2023 Jul-Dec;20(7-9):171-188. Epub 2023 Oct 16 doi: 10.1080/14789450.2023.2260952. PMID: 37788157
Alkhalifa A, Chen S, Hasiloglu ZI, Filosto M, Cali E, Houlden H, Sgobbi de Souza P, Alavi A, Goizet C, Stevanin G, Taithe F, Nicita F, Vasco G, Tozza S, Cocozza S, Carboni N, Figus A, Wu J, Basak AN, Brais B, Rouleau G, La Piana R
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Lohr JB, Eidt CA, Abdulrazzaq Alfaraj A, Soliman MA
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Martin JJ
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Diagnosis

Martinello C, Panza E, Orlacchio A
Expert Rev Proteomics 2023 Jul-Dec;20(7-9):171-188. Epub 2023 Oct 16 doi: 10.1080/14789450.2023.2260952. PMID: 37788157
Buciuc M, Koga S, Pham NTT, Duffy JR, Knopman DS, Ali F, Boeve BF, Graff-Radford J, Botha H, Lowe VJ, Nguyen A, Reichard RR, Dickson DW, Petersen RC, Whitwell JL, Josephs KA
Eur J Neurol 2023 Feb;30(2):321-333. Epub 2022 Nov 1 doi: 10.1111/ene.15603. PMID: 36256511Free PMC Article
Lohr JB, Eidt CA, Abdulrazzaq Alfaraj A, Soliman MA
CNS Spectr 2015 Dec;20 Suppl 1:1-14; quiz 15-6. doi: 10.1017/S1092852915000838. PMID: 26683525
Martin JJ
Handb Clin Neurol 2012;103:475-91. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-51892-7.00030-9. PMID: 21827908
Nakamagoe K, Ishii K, Watanabe M, Tamaoka A
BMJ Case Rep 2010 Dec 3;2010 doi: 10.1136/bcr.05.2010.3003. PMID: 22802152Free PMC Article

Therapy

Kristensen TD, Raghava JM, Skjerbæk MW, Dhollander T, Syeda W, Ambrosen KS, Bojesen KB, Nielsen MØ, Pantelis C, Glenthøj BY, Ebdrup BH
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Comi G, Leocani L, Rossi P, Colombo B
J Neurol 2001 Mar;248(3):174-9. doi: 10.1007/s004150170222. PMID: 11355149

Prognosis

Martinello C, Panza E, Orlacchio A
Expert Rev Proteomics 2023 Jul-Dec;20(7-9):171-188. Epub 2023 Oct 16 doi: 10.1080/14789450.2023.2260952. PMID: 37788157
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Clinical prediction guides

Kauv P, Chalah MA, Créange A, Lefaucheur JP, Hodel J, Ayache SS
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Martinello C, Panza E, Orlacchio A
Expert Rev Proteomics 2023 Jul-Dec;20(7-9):171-188. Epub 2023 Oct 16 doi: 10.1080/14789450.2023.2260952. PMID: 37788157
Alkhalifa A, Chen S, Hasiloglu ZI, Filosto M, Cali E, Houlden H, Sgobbi de Souza P, Alavi A, Goizet C, Stevanin G, Taithe F, Nicita F, Vasco G, Tozza S, Cocozza S, Carboni N, Figus A, Wu J, Basak AN, Brais B, Rouleau G, La Piana R
J Neurol 2023 Dec;270(12):5784-5792. Epub 2023 Aug 14 doi: 10.1007/s00415-023-11918-5. PMID: 37578488
Cha JH, Lim JS, Jang YH, Hwang JK, Na JY, Lee JM, Lee HJ, Ahn JH
Ital J Pediatr 2022 Jan 10;48(1):6. doi: 10.1186/s13052-021-01197-z. PMID: 35012576Free PMC Article
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Recent systematic reviews

Mailleux L, Franki I, Emsell L, Peedima ML, Fehrenbach A, Feys H, Ortibus E
Res Dev Disabil 2020 Feb;97:103569. Epub 2019 Dec 31 doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2019.103569. PMID: 31901671

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