Fahr disease

Case contributed by Praveen Jha , 27 Dec 2011
Diagnosis probable
Changed by Praveen Jha, 14 Sep 2015

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Fahr's disease is a rarer differential of a common entity- basal ganglia calcification. Characteristic MR pattern of a larger zone of involvement, and clinical feature of choreo-athetoid movement in young patient may help in diagnosis.

  • +<p>Fahr's disease is a rarer differential of a common entity- basal ganglia calcification. Characteristic MR pattern of a larger zone of involvement, and clinical feature of choreo-athetoid movement in young patient may help in diagnosis.</p>

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