LEYKOENCEPHALOPATHY IN A PATIENT WITH LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY

Authors

Paschalina Tsianti Β ΝΕΥΡΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΠΓΝΘ ΑΧΕΠΑ
Dimitrios Parisis
Athina Ververi
Panagiotis Ioannidis
Nikolaos Grigoriadis

Keywords:

Limb girdle muscular dystrophy, a2-laminin, leukoencephalopathy

Abstract

We describe the case of a 53-year-old female patient diagnosed with muscular dystrophy associated with LAMA2 gene pathogenic variants, a rare subtype of limb girdle muscular dystrophy, and highlight the characteristic leukoencephalopathic pattern of this disorder.