Spastic Paraplegia Type 8

A pure or complex form of hereditary spastic paraplegia with characteristics of a childhood to adulthood onset of slowly progressive lower limb spasticity resulting in gait disturbances, hyperreflexia and extensor plantar responses, that may be associated with complicating signs, such as upper limb involvement, sensory neuropathy, ataxia (such as mild dysmetria, uncoordinated eye movement) and mild dysphagia. Additional symptoms, including urinary urgency and/or incontinence, muscle weakness, decreased vibration sense and mild muscular atrophy in lower extremities, may also be associated. Caused by heterozygous mutation in the WASHC5 gene on chromosome 8q24.