Fahr’s Disease: A Case Report

Fahr’s disease is characterized with presence of calcifications in basal ganglions, dentate nucleus, and centrum semiovale. Common clinical findings of the disease are Parkinsonism, dystonia, chorea, ataxia, dementia, and mood disorders. We present a patient, in whom a diagnosis of Fahr disease established, with clinical and radiological findings. Neurological and physical exam of the 56 year-old female with complaints of memory loss and speech disorder for one year. Brain CT showed Fahr type calcification in the basal ganglion, thalamus, periventricular white matter, centrum semiovale, and cerebellum. Fahr’s disease must be present in differential diagnosis of patients with calcification in basal ganglion, thalamus, periventricular white matter, centrum semiovale, and cerebellum on CT or MRI that could not be explained otherwise.