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Cerebral calcification from Fahr's disease with co‐existing haemochromatosis
Author(s) -
Scale Tim,
Lewis Chris,
Hedayat Ahmad Bilal,
Wani Mushtaq
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
progress in neurology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1931-227X
pISSN - 1367-7543
DOI - 10.1002/pnp.354
Subject(s) - calcification , parkinsonism , basal ganglia , medicine , weakness , calcinosis , disease , pathology , basal ganglia disease , anatomy , central nervous system
An elderly man with a history of hereditary haemochromatosis, Parkinsonism and a pituitary macroadenoma presented with limb weakness and slurred speech. He underwent computer tomography of his head, which showed extensive basal ganglia, and periventricular and cerebellar calcification consistent with Fahr's syndrome. The degree of the calcification and lack of precipitating factors led to a likely diagnosis of Fahr's disease.