Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN) is the most common type of neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA), a rare neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive extrapyramidal dysfunction (dystonia, rigidity, choreoathetosis), iron accumulation on the brain and axonal spheroids in the central nervous system.
Synonyms:
exact_synonym:
Hallervorden-Spatz disease; Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome; NBIA1; PKAN; brain iron accumulation type I syndrome; neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation 1; neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation type 1; pigmentary pallidal degeneration
related_synonym:
Pkan neuroaxonal dystrophy, juvenile-onset; neuroaxonal dystrophy, late infantile