<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A typical case of Fahr’s syndrome is described in a 76-year-old Brazilian female who underwent a total thyroidectomy three decades ago. Six years before the current admission, she started with generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Associated disorders involved extra-pyramidal, cognitive, nocturnal terror and mood changes. With suspicion of hypocalcemia due to secondary hypoparathyroidism, laboratory determinations confirmed the diagnoses. Furthermore, imaging studies of the central nervous system detected multiple calcifications, with characteristic distribution of Fahr’s syndrome. Clinical management was successful.</p></abstract>

A typical case of Fahr’s syndrome is described in a 76-year-old Brazilian female who underwent a total thyroidectomy three decades ago. Six years before the current admission, she started with generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Associated disorders involved extra-pyramidal, cognitive, nocturnal terror and mood changes. With suspicion of hypocalcemia due to secondary hypoparathyroidism, laboratory determinations confirmed the diagnoses. Furthermore, imaging studies of the central nervous system detected multiple calcifications, with characteristic distribution of Fahr’s syndrome. Clinical management was successful.

Fahr’s Syndrome and Secondary Hypoparathyroidism

Medicine Department from Armed Forces Hospital and Catholic University of Brasília-DF, Brazil

Endocrinology Division from Regional Hospital of Sobradinho-DF, Brazil

Ribeiro KRA, MD. Medicine Department from Armed Forces Hospital, Brasília-DF

Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine

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A typical case of Fahr’s syndrome is described in a 76-year-old Brazilian female who underwent a total thyroidectomy three decades ago. Six years before the...

Fahr’s Syndrome and Secondary Hypoparathyroidism

Published Online: Mar 02, 2016

Page range: 63 - 65

Received: Sep 02, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjim-2016-0007

Keywords
Fahr’s syndrome, hypocalcemia, hypoparathyroidism, thyroidectomy

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Fahr’s Syndrome and Secondary Hypoparathyroidism

Published Online: Mar 02, 2016

Page range: 63 - 65

Received: Sep 02, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjim-2016-0007

KeywordsFahr’s syndrome, hypocalcemia, hypoparathyroidism, thyroidectomy

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Fahr’s syndrome, hypocalcemia, hypoparathyroidism, thyroidectomy