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A Clinically and Morphologically Distinct Neurological Disease

Stirling Carpenter, MD; George Karpati, MD; Frederick Andermann, MD; Reynold Gold, MB, B Chir

Arch Neurol. 1974;31(5):312-316.

Abstract
A 3-year, 9-month-old boy had signs of mild gait impairment that started at age 2. He had strikingly curly, pale hair, unlike that of his parents. On chemical analysis his hair showed a decrease in disulfide bonds and an increase in thiol groups. Greatly enlarged axons packed with neurofilaments were found on biopsy in motor and sensory nerves. The diagnosis of giant axonal neuropathy may be suspected from the presence of signs of peripheral neuropathy in a patient with tightly curly, pale scalp hair, unlike that of his parents. The diagnosis can be proved by sural nerve biopsy.

Author Affiliations
From the departments of neurology-neurosurgery (Drs. Carpenter, Karpati, Andermann) and pediatrics (Dr. Gold), McGill University, Montreal Neurological Institute, and the Department of Biochemical Genetics, Montreal Children's Hospital (Dr. Gold), Montreal.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Jan 21, 1974.

Reprint requests to 3801 University St, Montreal H34 2B4, Quebec, Canada (Dr. Carpenter).

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