Pediatric Idiopathic Basal Ganglia Calcification and Spherocytosis With Chromosome 8p11 Deletion

fahr disease: idiopathic basal ganglia calcification

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idiopathic basal ganglia calcification with bipolar mood disorder presentation

fahr’s disease is a progressive and idiopathic basal ganglia calcification with normal metabolism of calcium and phosphor with motor and psychiatric signs and symptoms. dementia, chorea attetosise, psychosis and depression due to fahr’s disease are frequently reported, but fahr,s disease with bipolar mood disorder manifestation is very rare and we found only 3 case in review of literature from ...

Basal ganglia calcification in idiopathic hypoparathyroidism

ABSTRACT: Hypoparathyroidism refers to a group of disorders in which extracellular calcium levels cannot be maintained within the normal range due to relative or absolute deficiency of parathyroid hormone. Clinically, hypoparathyroidism manifests predominantly as neuromuscular dysfunction caused by hypocalcemia. Basal ganglia calcification in particular is associated with hypoparathyroidism. Tw...

Fahr disease: Idiopathic basal ganglia calcification

Familial idiopathic basal ganglia calcification (Fahr’s disease)

Familial idiopathic basal ganglia calcification (Fahr`s disease) is a rare neurodegenerative disorder characterized by symmetrical and bilateral calcification of the basal ganglia. Calcifications may also occur in other brain regions such as dentate nucleus, thalamus, and cerebral cortex. Both familial and non-familial cases of Fahr`s disease have been reported, predominantly with autosomal-dom...