[A case of Fahr's disease accompanied with persistent vitreous artery].
Serial imaging studies in a 16-year-old female affected by Fahr's disease accompanied with persistent vitreous artery were performed. She suffered from chronic subdural hematoma, which was re-moved at the age of 5 months. Brain CT scan performed at the age of 4 revealed calcified lesions at the corticomedullary junctions in the frontal lobes of cerebrum. Yearly repeated CT scans revealed an increasing number of the calcified lesions, which were observed at the cortico-medullary junction of cerebrum, globus pallidus, thalami and dentate nuclei of the cerebellum. Calcifications have not increased in the last 4 years. Laboratory examinations of serum and urine failed to prove any abnormalities. She also had bilateral persistent vitreous arteries. The combination of these rare two diseases may have occurred coincidentally, but there is a possibility that the capillary dysfunction played a role in the pathogenesis of two diseases.
Osaka
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Department of Pediatrics, Yokohama City, University School of Medicine.
Kimura
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Nezu
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D000293:Adolescent; D001158:Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000098:blood supply*