Idiopathic Basal Ganglia Calcification, also known as Fahr disease or Fahr's Syndrome is a rare, genetically dominant, inherited neurological disorder characterized by abnormal deposits of calcium in areas of the brain that control movement. Through the use of CT scans calcifications are seen primarily in the basal ganglia and in other areas such as the cerebral cortex.
Read more about Fahr's Syndrome: History and Terminology, Aetiology, Pathology, Clinical Features, Investigations, Management, Prognosis, Source
Famous quotes containing the word syndrome:
“Women are taught that their main goal in life is to serve others—first men, and later, children. This prescription leads to enormous problems, for it is supposed to be carried out as if women did not have needs of their own, as if one could serve others without simultaneously attending to one’s own interests and desires. Carried to its “perfection,” it produces the martyr syndrome or the smothering wife and mother.”
—Jean Baker Miller (20th century)