Table 1 Comparison of clinical features and brain magnetic resonance imaging findings in patients with TUBA1A mutations: the six unrelated patients described in this study and the five patients (numbered cases 1, 2, 3, 5 and 8) previously described by Poirier and colleagues.20
Patient sex/age*TUBA1A mutationClinical featuresBrain MRI findings
Current OFCMotor delayOther signsCognitive delayEpilepsyCortex maximum of the abnormalitiesDysgenesis of internal capsuleCorpus callosumCerebellum
This series
1/M/7 yearsc.790C>Tp.R264C−4 SDSpastic diplegia, walk independentlyTransient strabismusShort sentencesAbsentPerisylvian pachygyriaSeverePosterior agenesisNormal
2/M/19 monthsc.790C>Tp.R264C−4 SDSpastic tetraplegiaFacial diplegiaTransient strabismusNo languageEarly GTS controlledPerisylvian pachygyriaModerateMild hypoplasiaNormal
3/M/5.5 yearsc.1190T>Cp.L397P−4 SDSpastic diplegia, walk with assistanceFacial diplegiaTransient strabismusFew wordsAbsentPerisylvian pachygyriaSeverePosterior agenesisSevere vermian dysplasia
4/F/4.5 yearsc.1264C>Tp.R422C−3SDSpastic diplegia, walk independentlyNoneShort sentencesAbsentPerisylvian pachygyriaSevereMild hypoplasiaMild vermian hypoplasia
5/M/7 yearsc.1306G>Tp.G436R−3SDSpastic diplegia, walk independentlyFacial diplegiaStrabismusShort sentencesAbsentPerisylvian pachygyriaSevereMild hypoplasiaMild vermian hypoplasia
6/F/7 yearsc.1265G>Ap.R422H−4 SDSpastic tetraplegiaNoneBabblesRefractoryPosterior pachygyriaModerateMild hypoplasiaMild vermian hypoplasia
Poirier et al
Patient 1/M/4.5 yearsc.790C>Tp.R264C−4 SDSpastic diplegia, walk with assistanceFacial diplegia50 wordsAbsentPerisylvian pachygyriaSevereMild hypoplasiaNormal
Patient 2/M/2 yearsc.790C>Tp.R264C−4.5 SDSpastic diplegia, walk with assistanceTransient strabismusBabblesAbsentPerisylvian pachygyriaSevereMild hypoplasiaVermian hypoplasia
Patient 3/M/12 yearsc.1205G>Ap.R402H−3 SDSpastic tetraplegiaFacial diplegiaStrabismusBabblesRefractoryPosterior agyriaMildMild hypoplasiaMild vermian hypoplasia
Patient 5/F/2.5 yearsc.562A>Cp.I188L−4 SDSpastic diplegia, walk with assistanceFacial diplegiaStrabismusBabblesEarly GTS controlledSBHMildPosterior agenesisSevere vermian dysplasia
Patient 8/M/18 yearsc.1256C>Tp.S419L−1 SDSpastic diplegia, walk with supportFacial diplegiaStrabismusBabblesRefractoryPosterior pachygyriaMildMild hypoplasiaMild vermian hypoplasia
  • AED, antiepileptic drug; F, female; M, male; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; OFC, occipito-frontal circumferences; SD, standard deviations.

  • *Age at the most recent follow-up.