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Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis Presenting with Severe Externalized Disorder: Improvement After One Year of Treatment with Chenodeoxycholic Acid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

Olivier Bonnot ,
Matthew J. Fraidakis ,
Raffaella Lucanto ,
Dominique Chauvin ,
Nathalie Kelley ,
Monique Plaza ,
Odile Dubourg ,
Olivier Lyon-Caen ,
Frédéric Sedel  and
David Cohen
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Abstract

Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX) is a rare inborn disorder of sterol storage with autosomal recessive inheritance and a variable clinical presentation. We describe two siblings with an early psychiatric presentation of CTX-associated attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and oppositional defiant disorder, also associated with a mild intellectual disability and major behavioral impairments. In both cases, treatment with chenodeoxycholic acid improved externalized symptoms and a partial recovery of cognitive impairments was observed. This suggests that CTX is potentially reversible, demonstrating the need for early diagnosis and treatment of this disorder before irreversible neurological lesions can occur.

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Case Report
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CNS Spectrums , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , April 2010 , pp. 231 - 237
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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