title: A Case of Fahr's Disease Presenting as Chorea Successfully Treated by the Use of Quetiapine.
abstract: We report a case of 30-year-old man presenting chorea in his legs. A brain computed tomography (CT) scan showed bilateral symmetric calcifications in the basal ganglia, thalamus, cerebellum and subcortical white matter. Laboratory studies showed no abnormalities of serum calcium, phosphate, PTH, lactic acid, pyruvic acid and cerebrospinal fluid. Under the diagnosis of Fahr's disease (FD), we treated with quetiapine (75 mg/day), which completely abolished his symptoms and he showed no other side effect. Our experience suggests that quetiapine is well tolerated in FD patients and effectively treats chorea without extrapyramidal movement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Syoichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kono
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Manabe
authors.forename: Tomotaka
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Daiki
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Yasuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Narai
authors.forename: Nobuhiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Omori
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abe
keywords: Fahr’s disease; basal ganglia calcification; quetiapine