title: [Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome with acanthocytosis].
abstract: The case of a female patient with infantile onset of progressive dystonia, disturbance of gait and dysarthria is presented. At age 7, the diagnosis of Hallervorden-Spatz disease was established by clinical findings including retinal pigment degeneration, basal ganglia hyperdensity on CT, and the rare association of acanthocytosis. The clinical course was followed over 15 years until the patient's death.
authors: Pädiatrisches Zentrum, Olgahospital, Kinderklinik Stuttgart.
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Köhler
mesh_terms: D000050:Acanthocytes / Q000473:pathology; D000747:Anemia, Hypochromic / Q000175:diagnosis; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases; D002648:Child; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004906:Erythrocyte Count; D004913:Erythrocytes, Abnormal / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006211:Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Hallervorden-Spatz-Syndrom mit Akanthozytose.