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Manish Modi1, Veenu Singla, Niranjan Khandelwal
1Department of Neurology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India. modim72@yahoo.com
Abstract:
A 24-year-old male presented with features of progressively worsening spastic quadriparesis of 5 years' duration with similar milder features in the younger brother. His neuroradiological investigations revealed diffuse thickening of posterior longitudinal ligament, ligamentum flavum, and duramater in the cervical spine causing severe canal stenosis with secondary ischemic cord changes. As both brothers had dysmorphic facial features, further work-up suggested the diagnosis of a rare familial form of myelopathy due to mucopolysaccharidosis VI.
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