[Prevalence and clinical significance of computerized tomography verified idiopathic calcinosis of the basal ganglia].
With increasing CT examinations of the cerebrum, the discovery of basal ganglia calcification becomes more frequent. In order to correlate these calcifications to the symptoms believed to be accompanied with Fahr's disease 2318 cranial CT scans were examined. There was an overall incidence of basal ganglia calcification of 12.5%. The most frequent location was the globus pallidus (96.4%). In the examined population there was no correlation found between the calcifications and symptoms having been described with striopallidentate calcifications.
Abteilung für Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin Krankenhaus Gerresheim-Akadem, Lehrkrankenhaus der Universität Düsseldorf. drgomille@aol.com
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