FAHR'S SYNDROME IN A PATIENT WITH PSEUDOHYPOPARATHYROIDISM – AN INTERESTING CASE REPORT

Abstract

Fahr's Syndrome is a rare neurodegenerative disease which is characterized by bilaterally symmetrical calcications in various parts of the brain such as the basal ganglia, cerebellum, thalamus, cerebral cortex etc. It can have a wide variety of clinical presentations ranging from, dementia, parkinsonism, movement disorders etc. It can be primary/idiopathic or secondary to other causes mainly endocrinopathies. Here we describe an interesting case of a 78 years old man who presented with dementia and tremors and was later diagnosed as fahr's syndrome which was secondary to pseudohypoparathyroidism.