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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-7-10
pubmed:abstractText
Progranulin gene (PGRN) mutations cause frontotemporal lobar degeneration with ubiquitin-positive inclusions (FTLD-U). Patients usually present with a frontotemporal dementia syndrome and have prominent atrophy and neuronal loss in frontal and temporal cortices and the striatum, with neuronal intranuclear and cytoplasmic inclusions. Clinical, neuropathological, and genetic studies are reported on an individual with PGRN mutation and her family members. We describe a patient with a PGRN c.26C>A mutation who presented with progressive stuttering dysarthria, oculomotor abnormalities, choreic buccolingual movements, and mild parkinsonism. Two other family members were affected, one with a behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia syndrome, the other with a diagnosis of probable Alzheimer's disease. At autopsy there was no neuronal loss in the cortex or medial temporal lobe structures, but there was striatal gliosis. Immunohistochemistry for ubiquitin and TDP-43 revealed neuronal cytoplasmic and intranuclear inclusions as well as neurites. This study further expands the clinical and pathological spectrum of PGRN mutations, and suggests the diagnosis could be missed in some individuals with atypical presentations.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1531-8257
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 2008 Movement Disorder Society
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1168-73
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18442119-Atrophy, pubmed-meshheading:18442119-Chromosome Aberrations, pubmed-meshheading:18442119-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:18442119-Dementia, pubmed-meshheading:18442119-Diagnosis, Differential, pubmed-meshheading:18442119-Dominance, Cerebral, pubmed-meshheading:18442119-Dysarthria, pubmed-meshheading:18442119-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18442119-Frontal Lobe, pubmed-meshheading:18442119-Genes, Dominant, pubmed-meshheading:18442119-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18442119-Inclusion Bodies, pubmed-meshheading:18442119-Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18442119-Intranuclear Inclusion Bodies, pubmed-meshheading:18442119-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:18442119-Movement Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:18442119-Neurites, pubmed-meshheading:18442119-Neurologic Examination, pubmed-meshheading:18442119-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:18442119-Oculomotor Nerve Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:18442119-Parkinsonian Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:18442119-Pedigree, pubmed-meshheading:18442119-Putamen, pubmed-meshheading:18442119-Stuttering, pubmed-meshheading:18442119-Temporal Lobe, pubmed-meshheading:18442119-Ubiquitin
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Progranulin gene mutation with an unusual clinical and neuropathologic presentation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't