A 39-year-old woman was referred to the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Neurology clinic for follow-up of abnormal imaging findings. One month prior, she had been in a motor vehicle collision where she briefly lost consciousness. She was taken by ambulance to the emergency department where she was assessed and subsequently cleared of injuries. Non-contrast head computed tomogr...

The pathologic and radiologic appearance of calcification of the corpus striatum is now well recognized. This calcifi cation can be assoc iated with endocrine , congenital / developmental, inflammatory , and anoxic/toxic conditions. Although the assoc iation of the basal ganglia calc ification with these cond itions is well establised, its pathogenesis is poorly understood . We found no specifi...

Fahr's phenomenon is a rare neurological disorder characterized by calcifications of several structurers the human brain, including basal ganglia, dentate nuclei cerebellum, thalamus, and hippocampus. It may exist in an idiopathic form or it can be associated to calcium dysmetabolism due parathormone (PTH) defect signaling. Symptoms span from parkinsonism psychiatric syndromes, ataxia, convulsi...

OBJECTIVE To report a case series in which basal ganglia calcifications without mass effect proved to be germ cell tumors. DESIGN Case series. SETTING Tertiary care hospital. PATIENTS Four patients. INTERVENTIONS Computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography, biopsy, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Recognition of clinical synd...

A9-year-old boy presented with headache, vomiting, and leftward eye gaze deviation. On examination, left homonymous hemianopia, horizontal nystagmus, and anisocoric pupils were noted. Brain CT disclosed symmetric calcification in basal ganglia (figure A). Blood examination showed lactic academia. Further MRI revealed right occipito-temporo-parietal cortical hyperintensities (figure, B and C). M...

The present study describes the imaging findings in a patient with dural arteriovenous fistula (AVR) and arteriovenous malformation (AVM) with bilateral subcortical and basal ganglia calcification. A 29 year old male patient presented with chief complaint of recent onset of generalized tonic clonic seizures and mild disorientation. The imaging studies on MCT demonstrated diffuse, symmetric calc...