title: Idiopathic bilateral strio-pallido-dentate calcinosis (Fahr's disease): a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Bilateral calcification involving the basal ganglia (Fahr's disease) is a rare disease. A high index of suspicion is required to make clinical diagnosis; more so that the calcinosis may remain asymptomatic in a vast majority of cases. Movement disorder is by far the most common manifestation in symptomatic individuals. Fahr's disease is by no means absent in our environment, and increasing availability of a computed tomography-scan machine in Nigeria may enhance the case identification of Fahr's disease. This review presents a case of bilateral strio-pallido-dentate calcification; it also affirms the fact that Fahr's disease could present with hyperkinetic movement disorder (chorea) in our setting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Zaria, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Sani A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Abubakar
authors.forename: Suleiman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saidu
mesh_terms: D018726:Anti-Dyskinesia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006220:Haloperidol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D019636:Neurodegenerative Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D018726:Anti-Dyskinesia Agents; D006220:Haloperidol