Abstract

Presently, there is increasing interest in rare PSP (progressive supranuclear palsy) variants, including PSP-PGF (PSP-progressive gait freezing), PSP-PI (PSP-postural instability), PSP-OM (PSP-ocular motor dysfunction), PSP-C (PSP-predominant cerebellar ataxia), PSP-CBS (PSP-corticobasal syndrome), PSP-SL (PSP-speech/language disorders), and PSP-PLS (PSP-primary lateral sclerosis). Diagnosis of these subtypes is usually based on clinical symptoms, thus thorough examination with anamnesis remains a major challenge for clinicians. The individual phenotypes often show great similarity to various neurodegenerative diseases and other genetic, autoimmune, or infectious disorders, manifesting as PSP-mimicking syndromes. At the current stage of knowledge, it is not possible to isolate a specific marker to make a definite ante-mortem diagnosis. The purpose of this review is to discuss recent developments in rare PSP phenotypes and PSP-like syndromes.

Highlights

  • Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) has been known for more than half a century, but most of the reports are on PSP-Richardson syndrome (PSP-RS) and PSP-P (PSP-Predominant Parkinsonism) (Steele et al, 1964; Williams et al, 2005a)

  • This results in a higher sensitivity in the diagnosis of PSP compared with the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the Society for PSP (NINDS-SPSP) criteria issued in 1996 (87.9% for Movement Disorders Society (MDS) criteria versus 45.5% for NINDS-SPSP criteria) (Litvan et al, 1996; Ali et al, 2019)

  • Even more than 50% of patients with isolated nonfluent/agrammatic primary progressive aphasia or progressive apraxia of speech (AoS) develops other symptoms that could lead to a diagnosis of PSP-SL in subsequent years (Rohrer et al, 2010; Whitwell et al, 2019)

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Summary

Differential Diagnosis of Rare Subtypes of Progressive

Manifestations of the Most Common Form of Atypical Parkinsonism. Patrycja Krzosek1*, Natalia Madetko, Anna Migda, Bartosz Migda, Dominika Jagus 4 and Piotr Alster. There is increasing interest in rare PSP (progressive supranuclear palsy) variants, including PSP-PGF (PSP-progressive gait freezing), PSP-PI (PSP-postural instability), PSP-OM (PSP-ocular motor dysfunction), PSP-C (PSP-predominant cerebellar ataxia), PSP-CBS (PSP-corticobasal syndrome), PSP-SL (PSPspeech/language disorders), and PSP-PLS (PSP-primary lateral sclerosis). Diagnosis of these subtypes is usually based on clinical symptoms, thorough examination with anamnesis remains a major challenge for clinicians. The individual phenotypes often show great similarity to various neurodegenerative diseases and other genetic, autoimmune, or infectious disorders, manifesting as PSP-mimicking syndromes. The purpose of this review is to discuss recent developments in rare PSP phenotypes and PSP-like syndromes

INTRODUCTION
Genetic Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
PARANEOPLASTIC AND AUTOIMMUNE PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY
VASCULAR PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY
PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES
Disease course Cerebrospinal fluid
Infectious PSP
Risk factors of cerebrovascular disease
Not applicable
CONCLUSION
Findings
AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS

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