Absence of typical images and progressive psychiatric manifestations may suggest the diagnosis of neurodegeneration associated with pantothenate kinase deficiency
Abstract:Neurodegeneration associated with pantothenate kinase deficiency is a rare disease. To confirm its diagnosis, studies are needed that are often not available in all countries and times (as in this case). Clinical case: In the Child Psychiatry ward of the "Juan Manuel Márquez" Pediatric Hospital, an adolescent was treated with psychiatric disorders of psychotic functioning level with little response to treatment, extrapyramidal manifestations and other progressive neurological dysfunction. The classic image of … Show more
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