Fahr's disease presenting with paroxysmal non-kinesigenic dyskinesia: a case report

Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2008;14(1):69-71. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2006.11.008. Epub 2007 Jan 19.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use
  • Brain Diseases / complications*
  • Brain Diseases / pathology
  • Calcinosis / complications*
  • Calcinosis / pathology
  • Carbamazepine / analogs & derivatives
  • Carbamazepine / therapeutic use
  • Chorea / drug therapy
  • Chorea / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Oxcarbazepine
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Anticonvulsants
  • Carbamazepine
  • Oxcarbazepine