Basal ganglia calcification
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Basal ganglia calcification. Tuberous sclerosis (TS), Neurofibromatosis (NF), Cerebral haemorrhage. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
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
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Toxic causes
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Infective causes
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Endocrine causes
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Connective tissue diseases
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Iatrogenic causes
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References
- 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.
- Fenelon G, Gray F, Paillard F, Thibierge M, Mahieux F, Guillard A. A prospective study of patients with CT detected pallidal calcifications. JNNP 1993; 56:622-625.
- Hagiwara N, Yahikozawa H. Multiple cavernous haemangioma showing marked calcification on cranial radiography. JNNP 2002; 72:410.
- Sprengelmeyer R. The neurology of disgust. Brain 2007; 130:1715-1717.
- 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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