title: [Severe behavioral changes in a patient with Fahr's disease].
abstract: We report on a case of a 40 year-old man with Fahrs disease, defined by idiopathic bilateral basal ganglia calcification, who developed depressive disorder, motor and phonic tics, stereotyped behaviors such as punding and personality changes with significant social and familiar implications. We discuss about the psychopathology of Fahrs disease and the relevance of the basal ganglia in the determination of humans behavior.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Raul Soares, Fundacao Hospitalar do Estado de Minas Gerais (Fhemig), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, and Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Arthur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kümmer
authors.forename: Maila
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Castro
authors.forename: Paulo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Caramelli
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.forename: Antônio Lúcio
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Teixeira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed