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Table 1 Summary of common clinical manifestations in 27 cases of infantile SD

From: Genetic variant reanalysis reveals a case of Sandhoff disease with onset of infantile epileptic spasm syndrome

Patient No. and reference

Gend-er

Onset

age

Diagnosis

age

Form of seizure onset

Other clinical manifestations

Prognosis

Exaggerated startle response to noise

Psychomotor developmental delay/ regression

Macular cherry red spot

Enlarged liver and spleen

Macroce-phaly

Other findings

1 [1]

M

6m

17m

GTCS, MCS

 + 

 + 

 + 

-

-

MVP, hyperreflexia

Died at 2y

2 [1]

M

8m

25m

MCS

 + 

 + 

 + 

-

-

Hyperreflexia

Died at 4y

3 [1]

F

5m

16m

GTCS

 + 

 + 

 + 

Mild hepatomegaly

-

Axial hypotonia, Hyperreflexia

Died at 2y

4 [1]

F

8m

34m

MCS

 + 

 + 

 + 

-

-

Hyperreflexia

Died at 4y

5 [5]

M

6m

12m

Right-sided FS

 + 

 + 

 + 

-

-

Decreased vision

NA

6 [6]

M

6m

16m

GTCS

 + 

 + 

 + 

-

-

Hypotonia, brisk muscle stretch reflexes, a positive bilateral Babinski’s sign, microcephaly

Succumbed to an intercurrent respiratory illness at 18m

7 [7]

M

8m

22m

MCS, GTCS

 + 

 + 

 + 

 + 

-

Axial hypotonia with muscle weakness and brisk reflexes

NA

8 [8]

F

6m

15m

Recurrent seizures

-

 + 

 + 

-

-

Hypertonia, brisk tendon reflexes

NA

9 [8]

F

10m

12m

Recurrent seizures

-

-

-

-

-

Hypertonia, brisk tendon reflexes

NA

10 [8]

M

1m

8m

Recurrent seizures

 + 

 + 

-

-

-

Hypotonia, progressive muscular weakness, loss of motor skills

NA

11 [8]

F

8m

15m

Recurrent seizures

-

-

 + 

-

-

Hypertonia, brisk tendon reflexes

NA

12 [9]

M

6m

14m

GTCS, MCS

-

 + 

 + 

-

 + 

Poor sense of orientation, partly dilated of pupils, reacted sluggishly

Progressive neurologic deterioration with intercurrent respiratory infections

13 [10]

M

6m

18m

Myoclonus of the face and upper limbs

-

 + 

 + 

-

 + 

Axial hypotonia

NA

14 [11]

M12/F13

6.4m

14m

Lower limbs spasticity (56%)

-

 + 

23 patients

 + 

17 patients

 + 

2 patients

-

Hypotonia, poor fix and follow and abnormal eye movement

11 patients died due to aspiration pneumonia and intractable seizure

20 [4]

F

6m

14m

Recurrent seizures

-

 + 

 + 

-

-

MR, hyperreflexia

NA

21 [4]

F

4m

8m

Recurrent seizures

 + 

 + 

 + 

-

-

Hyperreflexia

NA

22 [12]

F

2w

3y6m

FS

 + 

 + 

 + 

-

 + 

Ventricular septal defect, central hypotonia, peripheral hypertonia, a positive Babinski’s sign

Died at 3y6m

23 [13]

F

6m

22m

GTCS

-

 + 

 + 

 + 

 + 

-

NA

24 [14]

M

10m

10m

GTCS

-

 + 

 + 

-

-

Hypotonia, microcephaly, contracture in the bilateral metacarpophalangeal joint

NA

25 [14]

F

1y

1y6m

GTCS

-

 + 

 + 

Hepatomegaly

-

café-au-laid spots, hypotonia with brisk reflex

NA

26 [14]

M

5m

11m

GTCS

 + 

-

 + 

-

-

CDM

NA

27 [14]

F

1y3m

1y3m

FS

-

 + 

 + 

-

 + 

CDM

Died at 1y9m

  1. Abbreviations: M male, F female, y years, m months, GTCS generalized tonic–clonic seizures, MCS myoclonic seizures, FS focal seizures, MR mitral regurgitation, MVP mitral valve prolapse and regurgitation, CDM congenital dermal melanocytosis, NA not available