Fahr's disease presenting with paroxysmal non-kinesigenic dyskinesia: a case report.
Fahr's disease is characterized by presence of abnormal calcifications in certain areas of the brain. We report on 23-year-old man admitted to us with the episodes of paroxysmal non-kinesigenic dyskinesia. He was detected to have symmetrical intracerebral calcifications in basal ganglia, thalamus and cerebellar hemispheres, and diagnosed as sporadic Fahr's disease. Paroxysmal dyskinesia was well responded to oxcarbazepine (600 mg/day) treatment.
Alemdar
Murat
M
Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kocaeli, Kocaeli, Turkey. drmuratalemdar@yahoo.com
Selek
Alev
A
Işeri
Pervin
P
Efendi
Hüsnü
H
Komsuoğlu
Sezer Sener
SS
D000328:Adult; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002819:Chorea / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000078330:Oxcarbazepine; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000927:Anticonvulsants; D002220:Carbamazepine; D000078330:Oxcarbazepine