Basal ganglia calcification

Evidence-based neurology checklist on basal ganglia calcification: Neurological causes Primary familial basal ganglia calcification (PFBC; Fahr disease) Tuberous sclerosis (TS) Neurofibromatosis (NF) Cerebral haemorrhage Cavernous haemangioma Parkinsonism Nervous system infections Hastings-James…

Neurological causes

  • Primary familial basal ganglia calcification (PFBC; Fahr disease)
  • Tuberous sclerosis (TS)
  • Neurofibromatosis (NF)
  • Cerebral haemorrhage
  • Cavernous haemangioma
  • Parkinsonism
  • Nervous system infections
  • Hastings-James syndrome (idiopathic lenticulo-dentate calcification)
  • Leukoencephalopathy, cerebral calcifications, and cysts
  • Nasu Hakola disease

Metabolic disorders

Toxic causes

Infective causes

Endocrine causes

Connective tissue diseases

Iatrogenic causes

References

  1. Harrington MG, Macpherson P, McIntosh WB, Allam BF, Bone I. The significance of incidental finding of basal ganglia calcification on computed tomography. JNNP 1981; 44:1168-1170.
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  3. Hagiwara N, Yahikozawa H. Multiple cavernous haemangioma showing marked calcification on cranial radiography. JNNP 2002; 72:410.
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  5. Klünemann HH, Ridha BH, Magy L, et al. The genetic causes of basal ganglia calcification, dementia, and bone cysts: DAP12 and TREM2. Neurology 2005; 64:1502-1507.
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