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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Veröffentlicht in:	Parkinsonism & related disorders 2008-01, Vol.14 (1), p.69-71
Hauptverfasser:	Alemdar, Murat, Selek, Alev, İşeri, Pervin, Efendi, Hüsnü, Komsuoğlu, Sezer Şener
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	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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Zusammenfassung:	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