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A previously healthy 72-year-old man presented with 1 year of progressive ataxia and slurred speech. There was no notable family history and no history of alcohol abuse or neurotropic drug use. Examination showed bilateral hypometric saccades, a 2–3 Hz palatal tremor with face and neck involvement, and truncal ataxia (video at Neurology.org/cp). There was no pendular nystagmus. MRI brain 6 months after the onset of symptoms showed high signal abnormality in the inferior olivary nuclei of the anterior medulla and mild superior vermal atrophy (figure, A and B). His clinical presentation and neuroimaging were consistent with a diagnosis of progressive ataxia and palatal tremor (PAPT), a rare idiopathic neurodegenerative disease with bulbar features, palatal tremor, and cerebellar ataxia. PAPT imaging features include a typical hypertrophic olivary appearance on MRI, sometimes with cerebellar degeneration.1,2
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- Received May 26, 2016.
- Accepted July 11, 2016.
- © 2016 American Academy of Neurology
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