Article Type
Original Study
Subject Area
Internal Medicine
Abstract
Fahr’s syndrome, a rare syndrome, is characterized by symmetrical and bilateral intracranial calcifications. A 23-year-old male patient presented with generalized tonic–clonic convulsion and muscle cramps for 1 month. The patient’s blood counts, blood sugar levels, serum sodium, and serum potassium were normal. Computed tomography scan of the brain revealed bilateral symmetrical hyperdensities, suggestive of calcification in globus pallidus, putamen, thalami, caudate and dentate nuclei of the cerebellum, and subcortical white matter of both cerebral hemispheres. The findings were suggestive of Fahr’s disease. His serum ionized calcium levels were low with high phosphate levels (with increased parathormone levels), suggesting the association of pseudohypoparathyroidism. He was treated symptomatically and responded well. Fahr’s disease should be suspected as a rare cause of convulsion with pseudohypoparathyroidism and hypocalcemia in young patients.
Keywords
calcification, Fahr, parathormone
Recommended Citation
Prajapati, Kesar; Vinod, Vishakha; and Bochiwal, Sumit
(2023)
"A rare case of Fahr’s disease,"
Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research: Vol. 6:
Iss.
3, Article 5.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.59299/2537-0928.1008
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