Fahr’s Syndrome: Dementia as a Feature for an Imaging Diagnosis

Authors

  • Ana de Matos Valadas Serviço de Medicina, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisboa, Portugal
  • Sofia Romão Serviço de Medicina, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisboa, Portugal
  • Telma Pais Serviço de Medicina, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisboa, Portugal
  • Tiago Sepúlveda Santos Serviço de Medicina, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisboa, Portugal

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https://doi.org/10.60591/crspmi.119

Keywords:

Calcinosis/diagnostic imaging, Dementia/diagnostic imaging, Neurodegenerative Diseases/diagnostic imaging

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References

Chevalier D, Marie I, Tillon J, Lévesque H. Une cause de calcifications intracérébrales à ne pas méconnaître: le syndrome de Fahr. Rev Med Interne. 2005;26:668-70. doi: 10.1016/j.revmed.2005.03.013.

Saleem S, Aslam HM, Anwar M, Anwar S, Saleem M, Saleem A, et al. Fahr's syndrome: literature review of current evidence. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2013;8:156. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-8-156.

Figure 1: Image from brain CT scan, with calcified lesions in the dentate nuclei of the cerebellum.

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29-11-2023

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de Matos Valadas, A., Romão, S., Pais, T., & Sepúlveda Santos, T. (2023). Fahr’s Syndrome: Dementia as a Feature for an Imaging Diagnosis. SPMI Case Reports, 1(4), 207–208. https://doi.org/10.60591/crspmi.119

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Vol. 1 No. 4 (2023): Outubro/Dezembro

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Imagens em Medicina

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