[An unusual case of transient loss of consciousness: the Fahr's syndrome].
A 69-year-old male was admitted to our Division because of repeated episodes of transient loss of consciousness and minimal cognitive and behavioural disturbances. Brain CT showed Fahr-type bilateral calcifications. Laboratory findings showed a phospho-calcium metabolism disorder consistent with the diagnosis of pseudohypoparathyroidism, whose correction led to a significant clinical improvement. This is the first case of Fahr's syndrome associated with syncope-type episodes. This observation suggests that a brain CT, as well as the search for a dysparathyroidism condition, should always carried out in all patients with unexplained recurrent episodes of loss of consciousness.
Simone
Olivia
O
Dipartimento di Clinica Medica, Immunologia e Malattie Infettive, Sezione di Medicina Interna, Università, Policlinico, Bari.
Tortorella
Cosimo
C
Antonaci
Giovanni
G
Antonaci
Salvatore
S
D000368:Aged; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011547:Pseudohypoparathyroidism / Q000150:complications; D013577:Syndrome; D014474:Unconsciousness / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*