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Abstract

A typical case of Fahr’s syndrome is described in a 76-year-old Brazilian female who underwent a total thyroidectomy three decades ago. Six years before the current admission, she started with generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Associated disorders involved extra-pyramidal, cognitive, nocturnal terror and mood changes. With suspicion of hypocalcemia due to secondary hypoparathyroidism, laboratory determinations confirmed the diagnoses. Furthermore, imaging studies of the central nervous system detected multiple calcifications, with characteristic distribution of Fahr’s syndrome. Clinical management was successful.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjim-2016-0007 | Journal eISSN: 2501-062X | Journal ISSN: 1220-4749
Language: English
Page range: 63 - 65
Submitted on: Sep 2, 2015
Published on: Mar 2, 2016
Published by: N.G. Lupu Internal Medicine Foundation
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2016 Vitorino Modesto dos Santos, Ana Medeiros De Farias Da Mata, Kelle Regina Alves Ribeiro, Isadora Cartaxo De Sousa Calvo, published by N.G. Lupu Internal Medicine Foundation
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