Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia.
- Author:
Il Saing CHOI
1
;
Hyo Kun CHO
;
Ki Whan KIM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Hereditary spastic paralysis; pure HSP; complicated HSP
- MeSH: Adult; Female; Human; Male; Middle Age; Muscle Spasticity/genetics; Paraplegia/genetics*
- From:Yonsei Medical Journal 1983;24(1):83-86
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a rare hereditary disorder and becomes clinically apparent during adolescence or in childhood and progresses s1owly throughout the adult years with a variability in the severity of expression. We experienced 3 cases of hereditary spastic paraplegia. Cases 1 and 2, which were pure HSP, had only the signs and symptoms of corticospinal tract involvement with the positive family history, and case 3, which was a complicated case of HSP, had distal muscle wasting, dysarthria, signs and symptoms of the corticospinal tracts, and a positive family history. All are thought to be inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern.
