Fahr’s Disease: A Rare Neurodegenerative Disorder in Children

Authors

  • AKMM Rahman Assistant Professor of Paediatrics, Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka.
  • RS Begum Assistant Professor of Physiology, Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka
  • MZ Hossain Assistant Professor of Medicine, Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka.
  • MR Ali Indoor Medical Officer, Department of Paediatrics, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka
  • M Rahman Assistant Registrar, Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jdmc.v20i1.8589

Keywords:

Fahr’s disease, basal ganglia, calcification

Abstract

A case of Fahr’s disease in reported in a 2 year 9 month old male child presented with developmental delay and seizure. The CT scan of brain showed multiple symmetric calcifications in the basal ganglia, thalamus, and subcortical white matter of cerebral and cerebellar areas. No underlying cause for the bilateral calcification was found. This rare case of Fahr’s disease in a child, which has never been reported in Bangladeshi literature, has been brought out to highlight this unusual condition.

Key words: Fahr’s disease; basal ganglia; calcification.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jdmc.v20i1.8589

J Dhaka Med Coll. 2011; 20(1) :86-88

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How to Cite

Rahman, A., Begum, R., Hossain, M., Ali, M., & Rahman, M. (2011). Fahr’s Disease: A Rare Neurodegenerative Disorder in Children. Journal of Dhaka Medical College, 20(1), 86–88. https://doi.org/10.3329/jdmc.v20i1.8589

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 1 (2011)

Section

Case Reports