Fahr’s Disease: An Incidental Finding in a Case Presenting with Psychosis
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Fahr’s syndrome refers to a rare syndrome characterized by symmetrical and bilateral intracranial calcification. We present a 24-year-old male with Fahr disease, presenting with psychosis and recurrent seizures of generalized tonic clonic type, but lacking evidence of a metabolic disorder. His neurological examination was normal. MRI Brain of the patient revealed symmetrical large areas and foci of calcification in bilateral basal ganglia, thalami, cerebellar parenchyma and subcortical regions of bilateral cerebral hemispheres. When screening other family members, we detected Fahr syndrome in his elder brother with hypocalcemia. Fahr disease may present with psychosis, have pronounced positive brain imaging findings. Magnetic Resonance Imaging can also be effective screening tool for adult relatives (German J Psychiatry 2010; 13 (2): 86-90).
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