Movement disorders clinical practice · 2021
Braak's Unfinished Hypothesis: A Clinicopathological Case Report of α-Synuclein Peripheral Neuropathy Preceding Parkinsonism by 20 Years.
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Donlon Eoghan, Lynch Rionagh, Murphy Olwen C, Farrell Michael, Noel Jaques, Keogan Mary, O'Connell Martin, Lynch Timothy
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BACKGROUND: α-synuclein aggregates in the form of Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites are the pathological hallmark of Parkinson disease (PD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). Autopsy studies suggest that α-synuclein aggregates appear in localized areas of the central nervous system before spreading in a sequential pattern from the brainstem to the cerebral cortex, known as the Braak hypothesis. Increased prevalence of peripheral neuropathy in PD is recognized, with multiple hypothesized mechanisms including α-synuclein deposition.
METHOD: We describe a patient who developed a peripheral sensory neuropathy at age 60, which progressed insidiously over the following decade.
RESULTS: During the patient's eighth decade, the patient developed a fluctuant cognitive disturbance with hallucinations before becoming overtly parkinsonian at age 78 years leading to a diagnosis of DLB. At this point, histology slides from a sural nerve biopsy taken at age 72 were re-evaluated and immunohistochemistry demonstrated α-synuclein deposition.
CONCLUSION: This case provides important in vivo clinical correlation for the Braak hypothesis, extending its scope beyond idiopathic PD. A growing body of evidence supports the α-synuclein spreading hypothesis that posits the pathologic process begins in the peripheral nerves and spreads trans-synaptically to the CNS in an ascending pattern.
METHOD: We describe a patient who developed a peripheral sensory neuropathy at age 60, which progressed insidiously over the following decade.
RESULTS: During the patient's eighth decade, the patient developed a fluctuant cognitive disturbance with hallucinations before becoming overtly parkinsonian at age 78 years leading to a diagnosis of DLB. At this point, histology slides from a sural nerve biopsy taken at age 72 were re-evaluated and immunohistochemistry demonstrated α-synuclein deposition.
CONCLUSION: This case provides important in vivo clinical correlation for the Braak hypothesis, extending its scope beyond idiopathic PD. A growing body of evidence supports the α-synuclein spreading hypothesis that posits the pathologic process begins in the peripheral nerves and spreads trans-synaptically to the CNS in an ascending pattern.