Basal ganglia calcifications could be incidental findings up to 20% of asymptomatic patients
undergoing CT or MRI scan. The presence of neuropsychiatric symptoms associated with …

Introduction There are now a number genes, known to be associated with familial primary
brain calcification (PFBC), causing the so called 'Fahr's' disease or syndrome. These are …

Primary Familial Brain Calcification (PFBC), a neurodegenerative disease characterized by
progressive pericapillary calcifications, has recently been linked to heterozygous mutations …

Pathological mineralization has been reported countless times in the literature and is a well-
known phenomenon in the medical field for its connections to a wide range of diseases …

The dentate nucleus is a cerebellar structure involved in voluntary motor function and
cognition. There are relatively few entities that affect the dentate, and the clinical features of …

Calcification of soft tissues is a common age-related pathology that primarily occurs within
vascular tissue. The mechanisms underlying pathological calcification in humans and tissue …

Fahr's disease and Fahr's syndrome are two conditions characterized by calcification in
certain areas of the brain that results in neurological and/or psychiatric sequelae in patients …

Brain calcification is a common neuroimaging finding in patients with neurological,
metabolic, or developmental disorders, mitochondrial diseases, infectious diseases …

Purpose of review There is growing interest in disorders involved in ectopic mineralization.
Fahr disease or idiopathic basal ganglia calcification can serve as a model for ectopic …

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Neuropathologica 2016; 54/3 Case report Fahr’s syndrome and clinical correlation: a case series …