Progressive dementia and epilepsy in a young adult: unusual intraneuronal inclusions.
A 30-year-old woman had a syndrome of dementia, dystonia, myoclonus, and intention tremor. Brain biopsy showed PAS-positive inclusions of Lafora's disease, but electronmicroscopy demonstrated that the inclusions differed from previously reported Lafora bodies. This may represent a previously undescribed disorder.
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D003704:Dementia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004831:Epilepsies, Myoclonic / Q000473:pathology; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002479:Inclusion Bodies / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009474:Neurons / Q000648:ultrastructure*