Bilateral strio-pallido-dentate calcinosis (Fahr's disease): report of seven cases and revision of literature.
2016
Background
Fahr’s disease is rare a neurodegenerative idiopathic condition characterized by symmetric and bilateral calcifications of basal ganglia, usually associated with progressive neuropsychiatric dysfunctions and movement disorders. The term “Fahr’s syndrome” is used in presence of calcifications secondary to a specific cause, but the variability of etiology, pathogenesis, and clinical picture underlying this condition have raised the question of the real existence of a syndrome. Several classifications based on the etiology, the location of brain calcifications and the clinical presentation have been proposed. Here we describe seven clinical cases of basal ganglia calcifications, in order to search for pathognomonic features and correlations between clinical picture and imaging findings.
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