A case of Fahr's syndrome presenting with psychotic depression and seizure/Psikotik depresyon ve nobet ile basvuran bir Fahr sendromu olgusu

Fahr's syndrome is rarely occurring neuropsychiatric disease which is characterized by symmetric calcifications of basal ganglia. It was described for the first time by Fahr in 1930. Although, the most common symptoms are extrapyramidal system signs, Fahr syndrome might also present with seizure, dementia and psychiatric symptoms. Treatment is symptomatic. We report a case of Fahr syndrome presented by generalized tonic clonic seizure and psychotic depression. (Anatolian Journal of Psychiatry 2016; 17(Suppl.3):48-51) Keywords: Fahr's syndrome, seizure, psychotic depression, basal ganglia calcifications Fahr sendromu, bilateral bazal ganglia kalsifikasyonu ile karakterize nadir gorulen bir noropsikiyatrik hastaliktir. Fahr tarafindan ilk kez 1930'da bildirilmistir. En sik gorulen belirtiler ekstrapiramidal sistem bulgulari olsa da, Fahr sendromu nadiren nobet, bunama ve psikiyatrik belirtilerle de gorulebilir. Tedavisi semptomatiktir. Bu yazida, psikotik depresyon ve jeneralize tonik klonik nobet ve ile basvuran bir Fahr sendromu olgusu sunulmustur. (Anadolu Psikiyatri Derg 2016; 17(Ek.3):48-51) Anahtar sozcukler: Fahr sendromu, nobet, psikotik depresyon, bazal gangliyon kalsifikasyonu