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Neurodegeneration, childhood-onset, with cerebellar atrophy(CONDCA)

MedGen UID:
1648286
Concept ID:
C4748934
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: CONDCA; NEURODEGENERATION, CHILDHOOD-ONSET, WITH CEREBELLAR ATROPHY
 
Gene (location): AGTPBP1 (9q21.33)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0032650
OMIM®: 618276

Definition

Childhood-onset neurodegeneration with cerebellar atrophy (CONDCA) is a severe autosomal recessive neurodevelopmental disorder affecting the central and peripheral nervous system. Patients present in the first year of life with global developmental delay, impaired intellectual development, poor or absent speech, and motor abnormalities. Brain imaging shows cerebellar atrophy. The severity is variable, but death in childhood may occur (Shashi et al., 2018). [from OMIM]

Clinical features

From HPO
Failure to thrive
MedGen UID:
746019
Concept ID:
C2315100
Disease or Syndrome
Failure to thrive (FTT) refers to a child whose physical growth is substantially below the norm.
Feeding difficulties
MedGen UID:
65429
Concept ID:
C0232466
Finding
Impaired ability to eat related to problems gathering food and getting ready to suck, chew, or swallow it.
Cerebellar ataxia
MedGen UID:
849
Concept ID:
C0007758
Disease or Syndrome
Cerebellar ataxia refers to ataxia due to dysfunction of the cerebellum. This causes a variety of elementary neurological deficits including asynergy (lack of coordination between muscles, limbs and joints), dysmetria (lack of ability to judge distances that can lead to under- or overshoot in grasping movements), and dysdiadochokinesia (inability to perform rapid movements requiring antagonizing muscle groups to be switched on and off repeatedly).
Dystonic disorder
MedGen UID:
3940
Concept ID:
C0013421
Sign or Symptom
An abnormally increased muscular tone that causes fixed abnormal postures. There is a slow, intermittent twisting motion that leads to exaggerated turning and posture of the extremities and trunk.
Spasticity
MedGen UID:
7753
Concept ID:
C0026838
Sign or Symptom
A motor disorder characterized by a velocity-dependent increase in tonic stretch reflexes with increased muscle tone, exaggerated (hyperexcitable) tendon reflexes.
Global brain atrophy
MedGen UID:
66840
Concept ID:
C0241816
Pathologic Function
Unlocalized atrophy of the brain with decreased total brain matter volume and increased ventricular size.
Tetraparesis
MedGen UID:
78731
Concept ID:
C0270790
Finding
Weakness of all four limbs.
Dysplastic corpus callosum
MedGen UID:
98128
Concept ID:
C0431369
Congenital Abnormality
Dysplasia and dysgenesis of the corpus callosum are nonspecific descriptions that imply defective development of the corpus callosum. The term dysplasia is applied when the morphology of the corpus callosum is altered as a congenital trait. For instance, the corpus callosum may be hump-shaped, kinked, or a striped corpus callosum that lacks an anatomically distinct genu and splenium.
Global developmental delay
MedGen UID:
107838
Concept ID:
C0557874
Finding
A delay in the achievement of motor or mental milestones in the domains of development of a child, including motor skills, speech and language, cognitive skills, and social and emotional skills. This term should only be used to describe children younger than five years of age.
Inability to walk
MedGen UID:
107860
Concept ID:
C0560046
Finding
Incapability to ambulate.
Cerebellar atrophy
MedGen UID:
196624
Concept ID:
C0740279
Disease or Syndrome
Cerebellar atrophy is defined as a cerebellum with initially normal structures, in a posterior fossa with normal size, which displays enlarged fissures (interfolial spaces) in comparison to the foliae secondary to loss of tissue. Cerebellar atrophy implies irreversible loss of tissue and result from an ongoing progressive disease until a final stage is reached or a single injury, e.g. an intoxication or infectious event.
Reduced eye contact
MedGen UID:
303190
Concept ID:
C1445953
Finding
A reduced frequency or duration of eye contact.
Developmental regression
MedGen UID:
324613
Concept ID:
C1836830
Disease or Syndrome
Loss of developmental skills, as manifested by loss of developmental milestones.
Hypoplasia of the pons
MedGen UID:
341246
Concept ID:
C1848529
Finding
Underdevelopment of the pons.
Motor delay
MedGen UID:
381392
Concept ID:
C1854301
Finding
A type of Developmental delay characterized by a delay in acquiring motor skills.
Absent speech
MedGen UID:
340737
Concept ID:
C1854882
Finding
Complete lack of development of speech and language abilities.
Motor axonal neuropathy
MedGen UID:
413108
Concept ID:
C2749625
Disease or Syndrome
Progressive impairment of function of motor axons with muscle weakness, atrophy, and cramps. The deficits are length-dependent, meaning that muscles innervated by the longest nerves are affected first, so that for instance the arms are affected at a later age than the onset of deficits involving the lower leg.
Hypotonia
MedGen UID:
10133
Concept ID:
C0026827
Finding
Hypotonia is an abnormally low muscle tone (the amount of tension or resistance to movement in a muscle). Even when relaxed, muscles have a continuous and passive partial contraction which provides some resistance to passive stretching. Hypotonia thus manifests as diminished resistance to passive stretching. Hypotonia is not the same as muscle weakness, although the two conditions can co-exist.
Muscle weakness
MedGen UID:
57735
Concept ID:
C0151786
Finding
Reduced strength of muscles.
Muscular atrophy
MedGen UID:
892680
Concept ID:
C0541794
Pathologic Function
The presence of skeletal muscular atrophy (which is also known as amyotrophy).
Type 1 muscle fiber predominance
MedGen UID:
344274
Concept ID:
C1854387
Finding
An abnormal predominance of type I muscle fibers (in general, this feature can only be observed on muscle biopsy).
Microcephaly
MedGen UID:
1644158
Concept ID:
C4551563
Finding
Head circumference below 2 standard deviations below the mean for age and gender.
Respiratory insufficiency due to muscle weakness
MedGen UID:
812797
Concept ID:
C3806467
Finding
Tongue fasciculations
MedGen UID:
65987
Concept ID:
C0239548
Finding
Fasciculations or fibrillation affecting the tongue muscle.
Caesarian section
MedGen UID:
863
Concept ID:
C0007876
Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
Delivery of a fetus through surgical incisions made through the abdominal wall (laparotomy) and the uterine wall (hysterotomy).
Nystagmus
MedGen UID:
45166
Concept ID:
C0028738
Disease or Syndrome
Rhythmic, involuntary oscillations of one or both eyes related to abnormality in fixation, conjugate gaze, or vestibular mechanisms.
Strabismus
MedGen UID:
21337
Concept ID:
C0038379
Disease or Syndrome
A misalignment of the eyes so that the visual axes deviate from bifoveal fixation. The classification of strabismus may be based on a number of features including the relative position of the eyes, whether the deviation is latent or manifest, intermittent or constant, concomitant or otherwise and according to the age of onset and the relevance of any associated refractive error.
Slow saccadic eye movements
MedGen UID:
232942
Concept ID:
C1321329
Finding
An abnormally slow velocity of the saccadic eye movements.
Upgaze palsy
MedGen UID:
1369853
Concept ID:
C4476705
Disease or Syndrome
A limitation of the ability to direct one's gaze above the horizontal meridian.

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Rattay TW, Lindig T, Baets J, Smets K, Deconinck T, Söhn AS, Hörtnagel K, Eckstein KN, Wiethoff S, Reichbauer J, Döbler-Neumann M, Krägeloh-Mann I, Auer-Grumbach M, Plecko B, Münchau A, Wilken B, Janauschek M, Giese AK, De Bleecker JL, Ortibus E, Debyser M, Lopez de Munain A, Pujol A, Bassi MT, D'Angelo MG, De Jonghe P, Züchner S, Bauer P, Schöls L, Schüle R
Brain 2019 Jun 1;142(6):1561-1572. doi: 10.1093/brain/awz102. PMID: 31135052Free PMC Article
Karakaya M, Paketci C, Altmueller J, Thiele H, Hoelker I, Yis U, Wirth B
Am J Med Genet A 2019 Aug;179(8):1580-1584. Epub 2019 May 18 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.61198. PMID: 31102495
Darling A, Aguilera-Albesa S, Tello CA, Serrano M, Tomás M, Camino-León R, Fernández-Ramos J, Jiménez-Escrig A, Poó P, O'Callaghan M, Ortez C, Nascimento A, Fernández Mesaque RC, Madruga M, Arrabal L, Roldan S, Gómez-Martín H, Garrido C, Temudo T, Jou-Muñoz C, Muchart J, Huisman TAGM, Poretti A, Lupo V, Espinós C, Pérez-Dueñas B
Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2019 Apr;61:179-186. Epub 2018 Oct 13 doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2018.10.013. PMID: 30340910
Ebrahimi-Fakhari D
Neuropediatrics 2018 Feb;49(1):18-25. Epub 2017 Nov 7 doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1608652. PMID: 29112993
Romani M, Kraoua I, Micalizzi A, Klaa H, Benrhouma H, Drissi C, Turki I, Castellana S, Mazza T, Valente EM, Gouider-Khouja N
Eur J Neurol 2015 Jan;22(1):178-86. Epub 2014 Aug 27 doi: 10.1111/ene.12552. PMID: 25164370

Diagnosis

Franchino CA, Brughera M, Baderna V, De Ritis D, Rocco A, Seneca S, Regal L, Podini P, D'Antonio M, Toro C, Quattrini A, Scalais E, Maltecca F
Brain 2024 Mar 1;147(3):1043-1056. doi: 10.1093/brain/awad340. PMID: 37804316Free PMC Article
Türay S, Eröz R, Başak AN
Neurogenetics 2021 May;22(2):127-132. Epub 2021 Apr 28 doi: 10.1007/s10048-021-00643-8. PMID: 33909173
Aryan H, Razmara E, Farhud D, Zarif-Yeganeh M, Zokaei S, Hassani SA, Ashrafi MR, Garshasbi M, Tavasoli AR
BMC Neurol 2020 Aug 3;20(1):291. doi: 10.1186/s12883-020-01873-3. PMID: 32746785Free PMC Article
Karakaya M, Paketci C, Altmueller J, Thiele H, Hoelker I, Yis U, Wirth B
Am J Med Genet A 2019 Aug;179(8):1580-1584. Epub 2019 May 18 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.61198. PMID: 31102495
Romani M, Kraoua I, Micalizzi A, Klaa H, Benrhouma H, Drissi C, Turki I, Castellana S, Mazza T, Valente EM, Gouider-Khouja N
Eur J Neurol 2015 Jan;22(1):178-86. Epub 2014 Aug 27 doi: 10.1111/ene.12552. PMID: 25164370

Prognosis

Türay S, Eröz R, Başak AN
Neurogenetics 2021 May;22(2):127-132. Epub 2021 Apr 28 doi: 10.1007/s10048-021-00643-8. PMID: 33909173
Rattay TW, Lindig T, Baets J, Smets K, Deconinck T, Söhn AS, Hörtnagel K, Eckstein KN, Wiethoff S, Reichbauer J, Döbler-Neumann M, Krägeloh-Mann I, Auer-Grumbach M, Plecko B, Münchau A, Wilken B, Janauschek M, Giese AK, De Bleecker JL, Ortibus E, Debyser M, Lopez de Munain A, Pujol A, Bassi MT, D'Angelo MG, De Jonghe P, Züchner S, Bauer P, Schöls L, Schüle R
Brain 2019 Jun 1;142(6):1561-1572. doi: 10.1093/brain/awz102. PMID: 31135052Free PMC Article
Darling A, Aguilera-Albesa S, Tello CA, Serrano M, Tomás M, Camino-León R, Fernández-Ramos J, Jiménez-Escrig A, Poó P, O'Callaghan M, Ortez C, Nascimento A, Fernández Mesaque RC, Madruga M, Arrabal L, Roldan S, Gómez-Martín H, Garrido C, Temudo T, Jou-Muñoz C, Muchart J, Huisman TAGM, Poretti A, Lupo V, Espinós C, Pérez-Dueñas B
Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2019 Apr;61:179-186. Epub 2018 Oct 13 doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2018.10.013. PMID: 30340910
Nissenkorn A, Ben-Zeev B
Handb Clin Neurol 2015;132:199-214. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-62702-5.00014-7. PMID: 26564081
Romani M, Kraoua I, Micalizzi A, Klaa H, Benrhouma H, Drissi C, Turki I, Castellana S, Mazza T, Valente EM, Gouider-Khouja N
Eur J Neurol 2015 Jan;22(1):178-86. Epub 2014 Aug 27 doi: 10.1111/ene.12552. PMID: 25164370

Clinical prediction guides

Türay S, Eröz R, Başak AN
Neurogenetics 2021 May;22(2):127-132. Epub 2021 Apr 28 doi: 10.1007/s10048-021-00643-8. PMID: 33909173
Aryan H, Razmara E, Farhud D, Zarif-Yeganeh M, Zokaei S, Hassani SA, Ashrafi MR, Garshasbi M, Tavasoli AR
BMC Neurol 2020 Aug 3;20(1):291. doi: 10.1186/s12883-020-01873-3. PMID: 32746785Free PMC Article
Darling A, Aguilera-Albesa S, Tello CA, Serrano M, Tomás M, Camino-León R, Fernández-Ramos J, Jiménez-Escrig A, Poó P, O'Callaghan M, Ortez C, Nascimento A, Fernández Mesaque RC, Madruga M, Arrabal L, Roldan S, Gómez-Martín H, Garrido C, Temudo T, Jou-Muñoz C, Muchart J, Huisman TAGM, Poretti A, Lupo V, Espinós C, Pérez-Dueñas B
Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2019 Apr;61:179-186. Epub 2018 Oct 13 doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2018.10.013. PMID: 30340910
Romani M, Kraoua I, Micalizzi A, Klaa H, Benrhouma H, Drissi C, Turki I, Castellana S, Mazza T, Valente EM, Gouider-Khouja N
Eur J Neurol 2015 Jan;22(1):178-86. Epub 2014 Aug 27 doi: 10.1111/ene.12552. PMID: 25164370
Salih MA, Mundwiller E, Khan AO, AlDrees A, Elmalik SA, Hassan HH, Al-Owain M, Alkhalidi HM, Katona I, Kabiraj MM, Chrast R, Kentab AY, Alzaidan H, Rodenburg RJ, Bosley TM, Weis J, Koenig M, Stevanin G, Azzedine H
PLoS One 2013;8(10):e76831. Epub 2013 Oct 9 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076831. PMID: 24130795Free PMC Article

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