Movement Inquisitive

About Movement Inquisitive

Movement Inquisitive is a free educational resource for MDS Members. This video quiz introduces patient cases of varying movement disorder types. One new case will be presented each month.

Watch the video and then answer the questions below to test your knowledge of this patient case. A correct answer is denoted by a green box and incorrect answer by a red box.

This project is coordinated by:

Dr. Prashanth (LK) Kukkle, DM
DM (Neurology - NIMHANS) | Fellowship in Movement Disorders (Toronto, ON, Canada)
Consultant Neurologist | Specialist: Parkinson's Disease and Other Movement Disorders
Vikram Hospitals - Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Dr. Prashanth may be reached by email at drprashanth.lk@gmail.com

Case 11: Young Girl Presents With History of Difficulty Walking

Contributor: Dr. Pramod Kumar Pal
Head – Department of Neurology
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS)
Bengaluru, India

This young girl presented with history of difficulty in walking since last 3 years which has been slowly progressing.  In addition, there is history of recurrent sino-pulmonary infections. There has been no family history of similar symptoms.  

Further Reading

1. Palau F, Espinós C. Autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxias. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 2006;1:47. doi:10.1186/1750-1172-1-47.

2. Coutinho P, Barbot C. Ataxia with Oculomotor Apraxia Type 1. 2002 Jun 11 [Updated 2015 Mar 19]. In: Adam MP, Ardinger HH, Pagon RA, et al., editors. GeneReviews® [Internet]. Seattle (WA): University of Washington, Seattle; 1993-2018. Available online.

3. Rothblum-Oviatt C, Wright J, Lefton-Greif MA, McGrath-Morrow SA, Crawford TO, Lederman HM. Ataxia telangiectasia: a review. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2016;11(1):159. Published 2016 Nov 25. doi:10.1186/s13023-016-0543-7

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