Troiano A R, Trevisol-Bittencourt P C
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brasil.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 1999 Jun;57(2B):489-94. doi: 10.1590/s0004-282x1999000300023.
We present a 45 years old man with neuroacanthocytosis. This gentleman has complex partial seizures and generalized tonic-clonic seizures, as well as movement disorders characterized by chorea and orofacial diskinesia. Complementary examination shows acanthocytosis of 11% on peripheral blood, irritative focus on right temporal lobe on EEG, serum creatinokinase of 101 U/l and volume reduction and hypersignal on caudate nucleus and putamen bilaterally on MRI.