Teaching Video NeuroImage: Chvostek sign with Fahr syndrome in a patient with hypoparathyroidism
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Teaching NeuroImages: Fahr syndrome caused by hypoparathyroidism.
A57-year-old woman with a remote history of thyroidectomy but no prior neurologic symptoms developed seizures, fever, and coma. Limited evaluation at her local hospital in rural Haiti demonstrated serum hypocalcemia (4 mg/dL) and extensive bilateral subcortical calcification in the cerebral and cerebellar hemispheres on CT (figure). This pattern of calcification can occur in inherited condition...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0028-3878,1526-632X
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000336974.93499.ad