title: [Basal ganglia calcifications in children].
abstract: We report the study of four children with bilateral basal ganglia calcifications (BGC) visualized on CT scan. Epilepsy was the clinical manifestation of three patients whose laboratory investigation revealed abnormal calcium metabolism. The first aim of this paper is to call attention to a treatable entity that can cause epileptic syndromes in infancy and childhood. The second purpose is to review the literature comparing with our fourth child who presented encephalopathy with BGC.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neurologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM), Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brasil.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Guerreiro
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Scotoni
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Calcificações dos gânglios da base na infância.