title: Optic atrophy as the presenting sign in Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome.
abstract: A girl of eight years of age is described with the Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome. Optic atrophy with progressive visual loss was the only presenting symptom for three years. Behavioural and motor disturbances emerged after that time. Optic atrophy can be the first and for some time only symptom of the Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, U.Z. Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Casteels
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Spileers
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Swinnen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Demaerel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Silberstein
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Casaer
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Missotten
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009896:Optic Atrophy / Q000209:etiology*; D006211:Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis