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Relevance of early intervention in Fahr’s disease: understanding through a case study
Intracranial calcification may result from disturbances in calcium metabolism. It often remains asymptomatic, but may present with symptoms like seizure and neurological deficits. Correction of the underlying metabolic disturbance before damage of neuronal tissues due to intracranial calcification m...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6551443/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31179422 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gpsych-2018-100021 |
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author | Ahmad, Jamshed Gupta, Bandna Kar, Sujita Kumar |
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description | Intracranial calcification may result from disturbances in calcium metabolism. It often remains asymptomatic, but may present with symptoms like seizure and neurological deficits. Correction of the underlying metabolic disturbance before damage of neuronal tissues due to intracranial calcification may be useful in preventing irreversible neurological deficits. This window period may be the crucial period that needs a thorough clinical evaluation and urgent intervention. We highlight the case of an adult woman with Fahr’s disease presented with generalised tonic-clonic seizure. The management priorities were also discussed along with review of literature. |
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spelling | pubmed-65514432019-06-07 Relevance of early intervention in Fahr’s disease: understanding through a case study Ahmad, Jamshed Gupta, Bandna Kar, Sujita Kumar Gen Psychiatr Case Report Intracranial calcification may result from disturbances in calcium metabolism. It often remains asymptomatic, but may present with symptoms like seizure and neurological deficits. Correction of the underlying metabolic disturbance before damage of neuronal tissues due to intracranial calcification may be useful in preventing irreversible neurological deficits. This window period may be the crucial period that needs a thorough clinical evaluation and urgent intervention. We highlight the case of an adult woman with Fahr’s disease presented with generalised tonic-clonic seizure. The management priorities were also discussed along with review of literature. BMJ Publishing Group 2019-02-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6551443/ /pubmed/31179422 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gpsych-2018-100021 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 |
spellingShingle | Case Report Ahmad, Jamshed Gupta, Bandna Kar, Sujita Kumar Relevance of early intervention in Fahr’s disease: understanding through a case study |
title | Relevance of early intervention in Fahr’s disease: understanding through a case study |
title_full | Relevance of early intervention in Fahr’s disease: understanding through a case study |
title_fullStr | Relevance of early intervention in Fahr’s disease: understanding through a case study |
title_full_unstemmed | Relevance of early intervention in Fahr’s disease: understanding through a case study |
title_short | Relevance of early intervention in Fahr’s disease: understanding through a case study |
title_sort | relevance of early intervention in fahr’s disease: understanding through a case study |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6551443/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31179422 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gpsych-2018-100021 |
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