title: Phe 84 deletion of the PMP22 gene associated with hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy HMSN III with multiple cranial neuropathy: clinical, neurophysiological and magnetic resonance imaging findings.
abstract: Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN) is a heterogeneous group of peripheral neuropathies which are diagnosed on the basis of clinical, electrophysiological and neuropathological findings. Among the hypertrophic demyelinating neuropathies, HMSN III is the most severe. It is often associated with de novo mutations in the genes encoding for peripheral myelin proteins. While peripheral nerve hypertrophy is an expected finding in HMSN III, cranial nerve hypertrophy is exceptional. Here we describe a mutation in the PMP22 gene in a 19-year-old man with infantile onset of sensory motor polyneuropathy without family history and multiple cranial nerve hypertrophy shown by cranial magnetic resonance imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Dokuz Eylul University Medical Faculty, Izmir 35340, Turkey. gorsev.yener@deu.edu.tr
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Yener
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guiochon-Mantel
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Obuz
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Baklan
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Oztürk
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kovanlikaya
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cakmur
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Genç
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015417:Hereditary Sensory and Motor Neuropathy / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009185:Myelin Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D010649:Phenylalanine / Q000235:genetics*; D017384:Sequence Deletion
chemical_list: D009185:Myelin Proteins; C073687:PMP22 protein, human; D010649:Phenylalanine