Childhood-onset spinocerebellar ataxia 3: Tongue dystonia as an early manifestation

Nester Mitchell; Gaynel A. Latouche; Beverly Nelson; Karla P. Figueroa; Ruth H. Walker; Andrew K. Sobering

doi:10.7916/tohm.v0.704

Childhood-onset spinocerebellar ataxia 3: Tongue dystonia as an early manifestation

Nester Mitchell
, Gaynel A. Latouche
, Beverly Nelson
, Karla P. Figueroa
, Ruth H. Walker
, Andrew K. Sobering

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Background: Dystonia is a relatively common feature of spinocerebellar ataxia 3 (SCA3). Childhood onset of SCA3 is rare and typically associated with either relatively large, or homozygous, CAG repeat expansions. Case report: We describe a 10-year-old girl with SCA3, who presented with tongue dystonia in addition to limb dystonia and gait ataxia due to a heterozygous expansion of 84 repeats in ATXN3. Discussion: Diagnosis of the SCAs can be challenging, and even more so in children. Tongue dystonia has not previously been documented in SCA3.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-4
Number of pages	4
Journal	Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Volume	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7916/tohm.v0.704
State	Published - 2019

Keywords

Childhood onset
Lingual dystonia
Polyglutamine tract expansion disorder
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3
Tongue dystonia

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Childhood-onset spinocerebellar ataxia 3: Tongue dystonia as an early manifestation

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