spastic ataxia-corneal dystrophy syndrome spastic ataxia-corneal dystrophy syndrome spastic ataxia-corneal dystrophy syndrome (also known as bedouin spastic ataxia syndrome) is an autosomally resessive disease. it has been found in an inbred bedouin family. it was first described in 1986. a member of the family who was first diagnosed with this disease also had bartter syndrome. it was concluded by its first descriptors mousa-al et al. that the disease is different from a disease known as corneal-cerebellar syndrome that had been found in 1985. spastic ataxia-corneal dystrophy syndromeother namesbedouin spastic ataxia syndrome, mousa-al din-al nassar syndrome and spastic ataxia-ocular anomalies syndromespastic ataxia-corneal dystrophy syndrome is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner symptoms include spastic ataxia, cataracts, macular corneal dystrophy and nonaxial myopia. mental development is normal.