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Computerized tomography findings in Fahr's syndrome
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Arquivos De Neuro-psiquiatria. Assoc Arquivos De Neuro- Psiquiatria, v. 62, n. 3B, n. 789, n. 792, 2004.
0004-282X
WOS:000227697700009
10.1590/S0004-282X2004000500009
Author
Faria, AV
Pereira, IC
Nanni, L
Institutions
Abstract
We analyzed computerized tomography (CT)findings in six patients with Fahr's syndrome. They presented calcifications in basal ganglia, dentate nucleus, subcortical region and semioval center, due to alteration in calcium metabolism or due to senile relative hypoxemic state. The image pattern was not strictly related with etiology, although some differences in dystrophic senile calcifications (the only one present in semioval center and absent in subcortical region). CT is an easy exam, has maximum sensitivity and allows diagnosis, contributing to early treatment of many etiologies of Fahr's syndrome. 62 3B 789 792