Premium
Corticobasal degeneration syndrome with basal ganglia calcification: Fahr's disease as a corticobasal look‐alike?
Author(s) -
Warren Jason D.,
Mummery Catherine J.,
AlDin Amir S.,
Brown Peter,
Wood Nicholas W.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.10122
Subject(s) - corticobasal degeneration , basal ganglia , apraxia , basal ganglia disease , dentate nucleus , medicine , white matter , pathology , calcification , psychology , movement disorders , progressive supranuclear palsy , neuroscience , cerebellum , disease , magnetic resonance imaging , central nervous system , radiology , aphasia
A 57‐year‐old man with a 5‐year history of progressive left‐sided rigidity and apraxia had extensive bilateral calcification of basal ganglia, centrum semiovale, dentate nuclei, and cerebellar white matter on brain imaging. The case is an example of radiological Fahr's disease accompanying a clinical syndrome of corticobasal degeneration. Possible pathogenetic and nosological implications of this association are discussed. © 2002 Movement Disorder Society