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Fahr's disease: A rare neuropsychiatric disorder.

Authors :
Sipra ZS
Din IU
Awais MA
Tariq TA
Source :
JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association [J Pak Med Assoc] 2022 Feb; Vol. 72 (2), pp. 383.
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

Fahr's disease is a rare clinical neurodegenerative entity, occurring mainly in 4th or 5th decade, showing gradually progressive bilateral symmetric calcifications in basal ganglia, subcortical white matter, thalami or cerebellum, which can lead to movement disorder and/or neuropsychiatric manifestations. We present two cases in the same family; a 68-year-old brother had involuntary jerky movements of hand and dysarthria for 10 years while the 44-year-old sister had right lower limb spasticity and decreased vision for 2 years. The serial MRI scans showed slow progression in the bilateral subcortical white matter and cerebellar dentate nuclei calcifications along with surrounding reactive gliosis.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0030-9982
Volume :
72
Issue :
2
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
35320202
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.22-40