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Nasu-Hakola disease

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A syndrome that is characterized by progressive presenile dementia and recurrent bone fractures due to polycystic osseous lesions of the lower and upper extremities that has_material_basis_in homozygous mutation in the TYRO protein tyrosine kinase binding prot

A syndrome that is characterized by progressive presenile dementia and recurrent bone fractures due to polycystic osseous lesions of the lower and upper extremities that has_material_basis_in homozygous mutation in the TYRO protein tyrosine kinase binding protein (TYROBP) gene on chromosome 19q13 or homozygous mutation in the triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) gene on chromosome 6p21.

Signs and symptoms

  • Lateral ventricle dilatation
  • Bone cyst
  • Dementia
  • Abnormality of the hand
  • Abnormal speech pattern
  • Apraxia
  • Caudate atrophy
  • Seizure
  • Urinary incontinence
  • Disturbed sensory perception

Also known as: NHD; PLO-SL; PLOSL; polycystic lipomembranous osteodysplasia with sclerosing leukoencephalopathy; presenile dementia with bone cysts