Fahr's disease: a rare neurological presentation in a tropical setting

While rare, Fahr's disease should be considered as a differential diagnosis for seizures, movement disorders, or cognitive impairment in tropical settings. Classically, bilateral calcification of the basal ganglia is seen on CT. Endemic infections, metabolic, and toxic causes should be excluded...

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Autores principales: Otu, Akaninyene Asuquo, Anikwe, Jude Chinedu, Cocker, Derek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2015
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4614644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26509011
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.349
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description While rare, Fahr's disease should be considered as a differential diagnosis for seizures, movement disorders, or cognitive impairment in tropical settings. Classically, bilateral calcification of the basal ganglia is seen on CT. Endemic infections, metabolic, and toxic causes should be excluded. Treatment using Levodopa is often beneficial.
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spelling pubmed-46146442015-10-27 Fahr's disease: a rare neurological presentation in a tropical setting Otu, Akaninyene Asuquo Anikwe, Jude Chinedu Cocker, Derek Clin Case Rep Case Reports While rare, Fahr's disease should be considered as a differential diagnosis for seizures, movement disorders, or cognitive impairment in tropical settings. Classically, bilateral calcification of the basal ganglia is seen on CT. Endemic infections, metabolic, and toxic causes should be excluded. Treatment using Levodopa is often beneficial. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2015-10 2015-08-26 /pmc/articles/PMC4614644/ /pubmed/26509011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.349 Text en © 2015 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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