Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy with minifascicle formation in a patient with 46XY pure gonadal dysgenesis: a new clinical entity

Ann Neurol. 2002 Mar;51(3):385-8. doi: 10.1002/ana.10150.

Abstract

This case report is of a patient with 46XY pure gonadal dysgenesis, who presented with chronic progressive motor and sensory polyneuropathy. The sural nerve biopsy exhibited minifascicle formations accompanied by a marked decrease in myelinated fibers. This is the first report of polyneuropathy with minifascicle formations in 46XY pure gonadal dysgenesis. Because a similar polyneuropathy was recently reported in a case with 46XY partial gonadal dysgenesis, it is possible that these cases represent a new type of hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy associated with gonadal dysgenesis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Chromosome Mapping
  • Female
  • Gonadal Dysgenesis, 46,XY / complications*
  • Hedgehog Proteins
  • Hereditary Sensory and Motor Neuropathy / complications*
  • Hereditary Sensory and Motor Neuropathy / genetics
  • Hereditary Sensory and Motor Neuropathy / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Middle Aged
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / complications*
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / pathology*
  • Sural Nerve / pathology*
  • Trans-Activators / genetics

Substances

  • Hedgehog Proteins
  • Trans-Activators