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Brain, Vol. 115, No. 6, 1889-1900, 1992
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PROGRESSIVE BULBAR PARALYSIS OF CHILDHOOD

A REAPPRAISAL OF FAZIO-LONDE DISEASE

M. A. MCSHANE1, S. BOYD2, B. HARDING3, E. M. BRETT1 and J. WILSON1

1Departments of Neurology London, UK 2Clinical Neurophysiology London, UK 3Neuropathology, The Hospitals for Sick Children London, UK

Correspondence to: Correspondence to: Dr M. A. McShane, Department of Neurology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JH, UK.

Fazio-Londe disease is a label sometimes applied to a degenerative disease of the motor neurons characterized by progressive bulbar paralysis in children. It is very rare with only 22 case reports describing 24 children including four sibling pairs. In two reports mothers and sons were affected. The neuropathology is described in only four cases. Previous authors have recognized that the condition is very heterogeneous.

The clinical features of five children with this type of progressive bulbar paralysis, diagnosed at this hospital between 1969 and 1989, are reviewed, and in two cases neuropathological findings are detailed. Based on this experience, suggested criteria for diagnosis include clinical features of a pure motor neuronopathy affecting the bulbar nuclei, exclusion of other causes of progressive bulbar paralysis and positive support for the diagnosis from electromyography and/or pathological examination.

A review of the literature, combined with the present series, suggests that there are at least three distinct subtypes: a very rare autosomal dominant form (as described by Fazio) and two variants with probable autosomal recessive inheritance either with early onset of respiratory symptoms and rapid progression to death or later onset, less prominent respiratory symptoms and protracted clinical course. There is strong concordance for each clinical pattern within families.

Received April 1, 1992. Revised June 16, 1992. Accepted June 21, 1992.


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