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IEMbase 0209: PANK2-related pantothenate kinase 2 deficiency

Scope

Field Value
IEMbase ID 209
Nosology 21.5.01.01
Gene PANK2
External IDs OMIM:234200; ORPHA:216873
Generated mapping MAPPED; Pantothenate_Kinase-Associated_Neurodegeneration.yaml
Candidate DisMech targets Pantothenate_Kinase-Associated_Neurodegeneration.yaml
Review date 2026-07-07

IEMbase phenotype signal

IEMbase represents this as PANK2-related pantothenate kinase 2 deficiency, with alternate labels neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation 1, Hallervorden-Spatz disease, and NBIA1. Treatability is marked unknown.

The biochemical row lists increased brain iron. Characteristic clinical rows include dystonia, extrapyramidal signs, eye-of-the-tiger sign, retinopathy, rigidity, and spasticity. Additional rows include depression, abnormal eye movements, intellectual disability, optic atrophy, parkinsonism, psychiatric disturbance, seizures, and spiculated red cells. No treatment rows are listed in the cached record.

DisMech phenotype coverage

Pantothenate_Kinase-Associated_Neurodegeneration.yaml is the correct target. The local entry covers PANK2 biallelic disease, CoA biosynthesis impairment, mitochondrial phosphopantetheinyl-protein loss, impaired lipoylation/PDH dysfunction, basal ganglia iron accumulation, eye-of-the-tiger MRI sign, dystonia, dysarthria, spasticity, rigidity/bradykinesia, retinal degeneration, cognitive/neuropsychiatric features, molecular testing, deferiprone iron chelation, deep brain stimulation, symptomatic pharmacotherapy, pantothenate replacement strategy, and supplement approaches.

Concordance and completeness

Judgement: correct mapped target with high concordance.

IEMbase and DisMech agree on PANK2/PKAN identity, NBIA1/Hallervorden-Spatz synonymy, brain/basal-ganglia iron, eye-of-the-tiger sign, dystonia, extrapyramidal/parkinsonian features, rigidity, spasticity, retinal/optic involvement, psychiatric/developmental manifestations, and seizures. IEMbase adds spiculated red cells and abnormal eye movements as review targets, and it frames brain iron as a biochemical row. DisMech is richer for mechanism and treatment.

Curation actions

  • Keep this record mapped to Pantothenate_Kinase-Associated_Neurodegeneration.yaml.
  • Consider adding a structured brain-iron biochemical/readout row, spiculated red cells, and abnormal eye movements if the PKAN entry is enriched.
  • No mapping correction is needed.