A Patient with the GLA p.E66Q Mutation Exhibiting Vascular Parkinsonism and Bilateral Pulvinar Lesions

A 76-year-old man was admitted to our hospital due to gait difficulty. Brain imaging indicated bilateral pulvinar lesions and moderate white matter lesions. The serum α-galactosidase A levels were measured for the differential diagnosis of bilateral pulvinar lesions and were found to be abnormally l...

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Veröffentlicht in:Internal Medicine 2015, Vol.54(19), pp.2503-2506
Hauptverfasser: Tomizawa, Yuji, Okuzumi, Ayami, Shiotsuki, Hiromi, Noda, Kazuyuki, Hattori, Nobutaka, Okuma, Yasuyuki
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Zusammenfassung:A 76-year-old man was admitted to our hospital due to gait difficulty. Brain imaging indicated bilateral pulvinar lesions and moderate white matter lesions. The serum α-galactosidase A levels were measured for the differential diagnosis of bilateral pulvinar lesions and were found to be abnormally low. Therefore, the patient was suspected to have variant Fabry disease. A GLA mutation analysis showed the p.E66Q mutation, which is speculated to be a functional polymorphism rather than a disease-causing mutation of Fabry disease. Enzyme replacement therapy did not result in a marked improvement, however, the disease progression stopped.
ISSN:0918-2918
1349-7235
DOI:10.2169/internalmedicine.54.4437