The treatment of psychotic symptoms in Fahr's disease with lithium carbonate.
A 20-year-old man with Fahr's disease who presented with bilateral basal ganglia calcifications, idiopathic dementia, choreoathetotic movements, and kyphoscoliosis developed psychotic symptoms that were refractory to treatment with haloperidol and responded to treatment with lithium carbonate.
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D000328:Adult; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications*; D003704:Dementia / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000150:complications; D008094:Lithium / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016651:Lithium Carbonate; D008297:Male; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000150:complications; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000150:complications; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000150:complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D016651:Lithium Carbonate; D008094:Lithium