Publications by authors named "Sruthi Kola"

• mutations can present as asymmetric parkinsonism mimicking idiopathic Parkinson's disease,• mutation must be considered in Early onset Parkinson's disease even with a negative family history.•Parkinsonism with mutations has shown good to moderate response to dopamine.

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Background: Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL) is a rare hereditary lysosomal storage disorder causing neuronal loss and progressive neurodegeneration. variants cause varied phenotypic presentations.

Case Report: A 49-year-old male presented with late adult-onset progressive focal right lower limb dystonia.

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To report a patient with concomitant aceruloplasminemia (with a novel mutation) and IgG4-related pachymeningitis and to hypothesize on the possible relation between the two diseases. Clinical, radiological, and laboratory features of a 56-year-old lady with chronic headache, bifacial palsy, and cerebellar signs are described. Pathophysiology of aceruloplasminemia leading to hyperferritinemia and consequent immune activation is elucidated.

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Dystonia deafness syndrome (DDS) is a rare syndrome characterized by childhood onset sensorineural deafness followed by adult-onset dystonia. We here report the first case of DDS from India caused by gene mutation presented with deafness, generalized dystonia and scoliosis who showed improvement after Deep brain stimulation.

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Aim: To assess the changes in frequency parameters of STN-DBS stimulation over 6 months required to optimize gait in PD patients.

Methods: It's a single center, open label longitudinal study of PD patients after STN-DBS with gait disorders. Gait assessment using stand-walk-sit (SWS) test and freezing of gait (FOG) scores were done at baseline and after 6 months.

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