Fahr's disease presenting with paroxysmal non-kinesigenic dyskinesia: A case report

Abstract Fahr's disease is characterized by presence of abnormal calcifications in certain areas of the brain. We report on 23-year-old man admitted to us with the episodes of paroxysmal non-kinesigenic dyskinesia. He was detected to have symmetrical intracerebral calcifications in basal gangli...

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Published in:Parkinsonism & related disorders 2008-01, Vol.14 (1), p.69-71
Main Authors: Alemdar, Murat, Selek, Alev, İşeri, Pervin, Efendi, Hüsnü, Komsuoğlu, Sezer Şener
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use
Brain Diseases - complications
Brain Diseases - pathology
Calcinosis - complications
Calcinosis - pathology
Carbamazepine - analogs & derivatives
Carbamazepine - therapeutic use
Chorea - drug therapy
Chorea - etiology
Fahr's disease
Humans
Male
Neurology
Oxcarbazepine
Paroxysmal non-kinesigenic dyskinesia
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:Abstract Fahr's disease is characterized by presence of abnormal calcifications in certain areas of the brain. We report on 23-year-old man admitted to us with the episodes of paroxysmal non-kinesigenic dyskinesia. He was detected to have symmetrical intracerebral calcifications in basal ganglia, thalamus and cerebellar hemispheres, and diagnosed as sporadic Fahr's disease. Paroxysmal dyskinesia was well responded to oxcarbazepine (600 mg/day) treatment.
ISSN:1353-8020
1873-5126
DOI:10.1016/j.parkreldis.2006.11.008