Case Report Fahrs Disease: a Young Girl Presenting with Fits

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  • A. SABEEN RAHMAN
  • SHAISTA AHMED
  • TANVEER AHMED
چکیده

Fahr’s disease refers to a rare syndrome characterized by symmetrical and bilateral intracranial calcification. We describe a 28 year’s old unmarried girl who presented with fits, anxiety, and panic attacks. She had bilateral symmetrical intracranial calcification. She was proved to have hypoparathyroidism and pleural tuberculosis.

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تاریخ انتشار 2011