Case 11 was a 57-year-old Caucasian male with a premutation of 133 CGG repeats. He had a history of ADHD and being socially awkward in childhood which led to a diagnosis of Asperger’s syndrome. At age 46 he began to experience cognitive decline leading to job loss, then an intention tremor began at age 47 and ataxia at age 50. He also had high blood pressure, moodiness, irritability and seizures treated with Keppra. On physical examination he had a somewhat long face, high-arched palate and prominent ear pinna with ear cupping bilaterally. On finger-to-nose touching he had a significant intention tremor, in addition to a postural tremor and ataxia with an inability to tandem walk. His MRI was consistent with FXTAS.
Case 13 was a 27-year-old Caucasian male with FXS mosaicism with 40% of his cells carrying the premutation of 104 CGG repeats, and the rest with a full mutation with partial methylation. His IQ at age 25 on the Stanford Binet showed a verbal IQ of 63, nonverbal of 60, and full scale IQ of 60. In his childhood he was anxious and socially awkward and he did well with atypical antipsychotics including aripiprazole and risperidone in addition to sertraline and topiramate. At age 24 he developed an oral motor dystonia with spasms of his tongue which made his speech unintelligible. He also developed a neck twisting movement. His risperidone was tapered without improvement of his symptoms and he was treated with a variety of medications including carbidopa/levodopa, and lamotrigine without effect, but he later improved with clonazepam and guanfacine.