Idiopathic Basal Ganglia Calcification: Fahr's Syndrome, a Rare Disorder.
basal ganglia calcification
fahr’s syndrome
idiopathic
missing tooth
neurological disorder
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
12 Oct 2019
12 Oct 2019
Historique:
entrez:
28
11
2019
pubmed:
28
11
2019
medline:
28
11
2019
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Fahr's syndrome is a rare neurological disorder with varied clinical manifestations. It is characterized by the progressive deposition of calcium in the walls of the blood vessels of basal ganglia and dentate nuclei of the cerebellum in young and middle-aged people. It is important for neurologists, geneticists, psychiatrists, dentists, and other appropriate care specialists to have a thorough knowledge of this syndrome as any of them could be the first person to diagnose the disease. This case report of Fahr's syndrome presents the signs and symptoms of the patient and the treatment for oral conditions were done.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31772865
doi: 10.7759/cureus.5895
pmc: PMC6839755
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
e5895Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2019, Thillaigovindan et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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