Schinzel-Giedion syndrome: a further cause of early myoclonic encephalopathy and vacuolating myelinopathy

Brain Dev. 2012 Feb;34(2):151-5. doi: 10.1016/j.braindev.2011.03.010. Epub 2011 Apr 19.

Abstract

Here, we report a male child with Schinzel-Giedion syndrome associated with intramyelinic edema detected on brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and persistent suppression-burst pattern on electroencephalography (EEG) with erratic myoclonus of the extremities and face. Similar to nonketotic hyperglycinemia, Schinzel-Giedion syndrome may be recognized as another causative genetic disease of early myoclonic encephalopathy and vacuolating myelinopathy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple
  • Child, Preschool
  • Craniofacial Abnormalities / complications*
  • Demyelinating Diseases / etiology*
  • Electroencephalography
  • Epilepsies, Myoclonic / etiology*
  • Hand Deformities, Congenital / complications*
  • Humans
  • Intellectual Disability / complications*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Nails, Malformed / complications*

Supplementary concepts

  • Schinzel-Giedion syndrome