Dumbness revealing Fahr syndrome
Journal: Journal of Clinical Images and Medical Case Reports (Vol.2, No. 5)Publication Date: 2021-10-31
Authors : M Ouhamou; H Laaraj; I Bouaroua; J Doufik; K Mouhadi; I Rammouz;
Page : 1-2
Keywords : Fahr syndrome; chronic psychotic disorder; neuroleptic;
Abstract
Fahr's syndrome is an anatomoclinical entity, defined by Theodor Fahr in 1930. It is determined by the presence of intracerebral, bilateral and symmetrical calcifications, non-arteriosclerotic, located in the basal ganglia. One of its main aetiologies is Pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP), which shows resistance to the action of Parathyroid hormone (PTH), with mainly hypocalcemia and normal to high levels of PTH. The clinical manifestations of the disease do not correspond to any specific picture, but they can be dominated by various neuropsychiatric symptoms. We report the case of a 28-year-old young man who had a first psychotic attack a year ago, treated but without therapeutic observance, and who presented for mutism revealing Fahr syndrome. The evolution was marked by an improvement under conventional neuroleptics.
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