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ArticleCureus2024

Basal Ganglia Calcification: A Case Report of Two Siblings With Fahr's Disease.

Margarida Magalhães, Margarida Alves, Luís Paulino Ferreira, Janice Alves, Diana Durães

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Margarida MagalhãesDepartment of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Setúbal Hospital Centre, Setúbal, PRT.
Margarida AlvesDepartment of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Setúbal Hospital Centre, Setúbal, PRT.
Luís Paulino FerreiraDepartment of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Setúbal Hospital Centre, Setúbal, PRT.
Janice AlvesDepartment of Neurology, Setúbal Hospital Centre, Setúbal, PRT.
Diana DurãesDepartment of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Setúbal Hospital Centre, Setúbal, PRT.
Hospital de São Bernardo · PTNova Medical (United States) · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fahr's disease is a rare neurodegenerative disorder caused by bilateral and usually symmetrical intracranial calcifications. In most cases, it exhibits an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance and genetic heterogeneity. Patients may present with movement disorders, cognitive impairment, and psychiatric disorders. Currently, there are no disease-modifying drugs, so the management is based on the treatment of the symptoms. We present two cases involving male siblings, both with psychiatric symptoms as the initial presentation of the disease. Brain computed tomography revealed bilateral calcifications in the basal ganglia for which no underlying cause was found. In both cases, remission of behavioural changes and psychiatric symptoms was achieved with psychotropic drugs.

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basal ganglia calcificationcase reportcomputed tomographyfahr's diseaseneuropsychiatry

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PMID38314389
PMCPMC10838373
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