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Navigating diagnostic uncertainty in fahr's disease: a case report with neuroimaging correlations.
Radiol Case Rep
February 2025
Department of Psychiatry, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sawangi, Wardha, Maharashtra, India 442001.
Fahr's disease is a rare neurological disorder which is characterized by the presence of abnormal, symmetrical, and bilateral calcifications within the basal ganglia and other cerebral areas. Seizures are 1 of the symptoms that may aid in its diagnosis. Fahr's disease is diagnosed in adults mostly.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFirst-time seizure revealing late-onset Fahr's disease: a case report and brief literature review.
Front Hum Neurosci
November 2024
Department of Internal Medicine, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia.
Article Synopsis
- * A 60-year-old man without prior health conditions experienced first-time generalized seizures and loss of consciousness, prompting a hospital visit where a brain scan revealed calcifications.
- * He was diagnosed with epilepsy due to FD after meeting specific criteria, and he responded positively to antiepileptic medication, highlighting the need for careful diagnosis in similar cases.
Basal Ganglia and Prominent Cortical Contouring Calcification in SLC20A2-Related Primary Familial Brain Calcification.
Mov Disord Clin Pract
December 2024
Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Multi territory ischemic stroke in a patient with Fahr's disease: Report of a rare case.
Radiol Case Rep
January 2025
Radiology Department, Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Fahr's disease is a rare neurodegenerative condition characterized by widespread cerebral calcium accumulation and cell death, mostly in the bilateral basal ganglia and dentate nuclei of the cerebellum. Concurrent findings of Fahr disease with multi territorial ischemic stroke and falx lipoma has been rarely reported till date. We discuss the case of a 75-year-old female Pakistani by birth, with Fahr's disease who presented with an ischemic stroke.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEarly-onset Fahr's disease with atypical presentation of hypoglycemia and headache and fatal outcome in a 16-year-old male: A case report.
Radiol Case Rep
January 2025
M Abdur Rahim Medical College Hospital, Dinajpur, Bangladesh.
Fahr's disease, also known as primary familial brain calcification, is a progressive neurological disorder that follows an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern, characterized by calcifications primarily located within the basal ganglia of the brain. This condition typically affects middle-aged individuals, who present with a combination of neurological and psychiatric symptoms; however, this case report discusses a 16-year-old male patient. The patient initially exhibited general signs of infection, including fever and jaundice, before developing specific neurological symptoms, which progressed to systemic encephalopathy characterized by altered consciousness, seizures, and hypoglycemia, necessitating his admission to the ICU.
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