Session Information
Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Session Title: Neuroimaging (non-PD)
Session Time: 12:00pm-1:30pm
Location: Exhibit Hall located in Hall B, Level 2
Objective: To describe a patient with bilateral cerebral and cerebellar calcification secondary to a hypoparathyroidsm.
Background: Fahr’s Syndrome (FS) is a rare disorder and may occur secondary to metabolic disturbances usually including hypoparathyroidsm. FS is characterized by bilateral calcium deposition in basal ganglia, dentate nucleus and cerebellum.
Methods: A case study.
Results: A 62 years old female patients was admitted in the Department of Neurology ‘Kackar State Emergency Hospital’ with dizziness. She had performed a total thyroidectomy operation fifteen years ago. The patient neurologic examination showed bilateral horizontal nistagmus and extrapyramidal symptoms with essential and postural tremor. A non-contrast CT scan head revealed bilaterally symmetrical hyperdense lesions of calcification, located infra- and supratentorial, involving brainstem, cerebellar hemispheres. The phosphocalcic assessment showed severe hypocalcemia and hyperphosphoremia. Parathormone serum rate was decreased. The patient underwent symptomatic treatment.
Conclusions: We report a Fahr’s syndrome, revealing an iatrogenic parathyroidectomy (accidental surgical removal after during thyroid surgery) related hypoparathyroidism was posed.
To cite this abstract in AMA style:
T. Uyar, K. Paksoy, C. Çokluk. Extensive bilateral basal ganglia and cerebellar calcification in Fahr’s syndrome after thyroidectomy [abstract]. Mov Disord. 2016; 31 (suppl 2). https://www.mdsabstracts.org/abstract/extensive-bilateral-basal-ganglia-and-cerebellar-calcification-in-fahrs-syndrome-after-thyroidectomy/. Accessed June 14, 2025.« Back to 2016 International Congress
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