RARE CAUSE OF HYPOCALCEMIA: FAHR'S DISEASE
JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL FACULTY OF MEDICINE-ISTANBUL TIP FAKULTESI DERGISI, cilt.73, sa.3, ss.82-84, 2010 (ESCI)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 73 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2010
- Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL FACULTY OF MEDICINE-ISTANBUL TIP FAKULTESI DERGISI
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.82-84
- Trakya Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
Fahr's disease is a rare neurological disorder characterized by bilateral basal ganglia calcinosis. Calcifications cause obliteration in micro vessels, neuronal degeneration and gliosis accumulating bilaterally at the basal ganglia, thalamus, centrum semiovale and the dentate nucleus. The most used diagnostic method is cranial tomography to determine the calcifications. Fahr's disease presents sporadically, inheritedly or secondarily (tumor, inflammation, hypoxia, endocrine, toxic, metabolic, degenerative, malabsorbtive). We want to emphasize the consequence of this syndrome for the patients presenting with hypoparathyroidism.