Sbai H, Smail L, Hamdani S, Essatara Y, Harrandou M, Khatouf M, Kanjaa N
Service d'anesthésie-réanimation, hôpital El Ghassani, CHU Hassan II, Fès, Maroc.
Rev Med Interne. 2008 May;29(5):412-4. doi: 10.1016/j.revmed.2007.11.002. Epub 2008 Mar 7.
Fahr's disease refers to a rare syndrome characterized by symmetrical and bilateral intracranial calcifications. The basal ganglia and dentate nucleus are the most common site of involvement and most cases present extrapyramidal symptoms. This disease is mostly associated with a phosphocalcic metabolism disorder, especially to hypoparathyroidism. The authors report a case of Fahr syndrome (FS) discovered when a young patient with hypocalcemia and bacterial meningitis had a cerebral CT scan disclosing intracerebral calcifications. She fully recovered after both meningitis and hypocalcemia were treated.
