Fahr syndrome, rare cause of neuropsychiatric manifestations in children: A two cases report
Department of pediatrics- Mohammed V Military Instruction Hospital – Rabat, Morocco.
Case Study
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2021, 12(01), 268–274
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2021.12.1.0510
Publication history:
Received on 04 September 2021; revised on 08 October 2021; accepted on 10 October 2021
Abstract:
Fahr syndrome is a rare anatomo-clinical entity in pediatrics. Associating calcifications of the basal ganglia with phospho-calcium metabolism disorders, most often resulting in neuropsychiatric symptoms. In our study, the discovery of this syndrome in our two patients was fortuitous thanks to the typical radiological appearance, associated with the clinical picture they initially presented, hence the interest of brain imaging in the diagnosis of this syndrome.
Keywords:
Fahr syndrome; Cerebral calcification; Dysparathyroidism; Phosphocalcic
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