Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 66-year-old Peruvian man visiting the United States for the past 6 months was admitted for evaluation of near ...

Fahr's syndrome (FS) is also known as Idiopathic Basal Ganglia Calcification. It is a genetically inherited neurological condition, proposed to have both an autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive ...

Basal Ganglia and Cerebellar Calcifications: Axial CT scans. Note the prominent calcifications in the bilateral basal ganglia and cerebellum. This pattern of calcifications can be idiopathic ...

Aicardi-Goutières syndrome is a rare progressive encephalopathy characterized by a typical clinical picture, bilateral basal ganglia calcifications, leukodystrophy and brain atrophy, lymphocytosis, ...

A 68-year-old woman presented to hospital after a fall. She had undergone a total thyroidectomy more than 20 years previously. Her neurologic examination was normal. Computed tomography scans of her ...

What is Fahr’s Syndrome? Fahr’s Syndrome is an inherited, genetic disorder characterized by abnormal deposits of calcium in brain areas which control movement. Calcium deposits in the basal ganglia, ...

Dear Dr. Roach: What can you tell me about Fahr disease? I had an MRI, and I read the term on the report and was concerned because I hadn’t been told about it. I asked my provider about it, and he ...

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