Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation in an Eleven-Year-Old Jamaican Male

  • Johnson P
  • Melbourne-Chambers R
  • Desai N
  • et al.
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We present a case of an eleven-year-old boy presenting with progressive extrapyramidal signs and dementia. His imaging findings demonstrated the classic eye-of-the-tiger sign on T2W magnetic resonance imaging. He was diagnosed with pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN). This is a rare autosomal recessive inborn error of coenzyme A metabolism, caused by mutations in PANK2 . This is the first reported case of PKAN from the Caribbean.

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Johnson, P., Melbourne-Chambers, R., Desai, N., & Greenaway, E. (2014). Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation in an Eleven-Year-Old Jamaican Male. Case Reports in Radiology, 2014, 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/858056

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