Sialidosis: clinical features
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Sialidosis: clinical features. Gait impairment, Visual failure, Visual field defects, Macular cherry-red spot. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Clinical features of Sialidosis type I
- Gait impairment
- Visual failure
- Visual field defects
- Macular cherry-red spot
- Action myoclonus
- Ataxia
- Spasticity
- Seizures
Clinical features of Sialidosis type II
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Clinical features of adult onset Sialidosis
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Differential diagnosis of cherry red macula spot
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Synonyms
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References
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- Seyrantepe V, Poupetova H, Froissart R, Zabot MT, Maire I, Pshezhetsky AV. Molecular pathology of NEU 1 gene in sialidosis. Hum Mutat 2003; 22:343-352.
- Franceschetti S, Michelucci R, Canafoglia L, et al. Progressive myoclonic epilepsies: definitive and still undetermined causes. Neurology 2014; 82:405-411.
- Khan A, Sergi C. Sialidosis: a review of morphology and molecular biology of a rare pediatric disorder. Diagnostics (Basel) 2018; 8:29.
- Sobral I, Cachulo Mda L, Figueira J, Silva R. Sialidosis type I: ophthalmological findings. BMJ Case Rep 2014; 2014: bcr2014205871.
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