Extensive brain calcification and progressive dysarthria and dysphagia associated with chronic hypoparathyroidism.
An 81-year-old woman with a 13-year history of hypoparathyroidism developed dysarthria and dysphagia. Cranial computed tomography demonstrated extensive calcification involving the basal ganglia, corona radiata, and deep cerebellar structures. The cerebral small-vessel calcification that occurs in chronic hypoparathyroidism may produce the syndrome of progressive dysarthria and dysphagia.
Department of Neurology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown.
J C
JC
Cheek
J E
JE
Riggs
R L
RL
Lilly
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D004401:Dysarthria / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007011:Hypoparathyroidism / Q000150:complications*; D011859:Radiography; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000209:etiology*