PURPOSE To differentiate calcification from hemorrhage on the basis of susceptibility at magnetic resonance imaging. MATERIALS AND METHODS Gradient-recalled echo (GRE) phase imaging was performed at 1.5 T in 101 calcified areas (15 in the basal ganglia, 86 out of the basal ganglia) and 39 uncalcified locations (13 choroid plexus and pineal glands, 26 old hemorrhages). Experiments with a small...

To cite: Tsai D-R, Huang SH, Lin S-H. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013200591 DESCRIPTION Bilateral striopallidodentate calcinosis (BSPDC) is characterised by calcifications of bilateral basal ganglia and dentate nuclei with or without thalamus, subcortical white matter and cerebellum involvement. A computed tomography (CT) is useful in diagnosi...

Age of onset can have a significant impact on clinical course and pathophysiological mechanism of bipolar disorder. Late-onset bipolar episodes are more likely linked to medical illnesses and so are frequently classified as "secondary" forms of mood disorder. We discuss the case of a patient who at the age of 58 presented his first delusional-manic episode. He also had mild frontal and occipita...

Intracranial physiological calcifications are unaccompanied by any evidence of disease and have no demonstrable pathological cause. They are often due to calcium and sometimes iron deposition in the blood vessels of different structures of the brain. Computed tomography (CT) is the most sensitive means of detection of these calcifications. The aim of this study was the assessment of intracrania...

Fahr disease, also known as bilateral striopallidodentate calcinosis, is a rare degenerative neurologic disorder characterized by almost symmetric calcifications of the basal ganglia, the cerebellum dentate nuclei, the thalami, and the white matter of the cerebral hemispheres. Bilateral striopallidodentate calcinosis manifests as familial autosomal dominant but also as sporadic forms. Movement ...