For example, although mutations in SPG7, encoding paraplegin, classically result in neurodegenerative diseases, such as hereditary spastic paraplegia [30] and optic neuropathies [31], they have been also described in patients with complex phenotypes showing prominent spastic ataxia with mitochondrial muscle pathology hallmarked by mtDNA deletions [32]. The gene discussed is SPG7; the disease is hereditary spastic paraplegia.