A Case of Idiopathic Basal Ganglia Calcification with Dementia.
- Author:
Hee Young SHIN
1
;
Il Seon SHIN
Author Information
1. Clinical Trial Center, Chonnam National University Hospital, Kwangju, Korea. isshin@chonnam.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Basal ganglia;
Calcification;
Dementia;
Neuropsychiatric symptom
- MeSH:
Aged;
Agnosia;
Aphasia;
Apraxias;
Basal Ganglia*;
Calcium;
Cerebellar Nuclei;
Dementia*;
Female;
Humans;
Memory;
Neuroimaging;
Neuropsychological Tests;
Phosphorus;
Thalamus
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Biological Psychiatry
2006;13(1):38-42
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The case of a 66-year-old woman with coexisting idiopathic basal ganglia calcification(IBGC) and dementia was presented. The calcification was detected in bilateral basal ganglia, dentate nucleus, and thalamus by brain imaging. Serum calcium and phosphorus levels were normal. The underlying diseases of calcification of basal ganglia such as parathyroid dysfunction and other infectious, toxic, or metabolic illness were excluded. The patient had memory impairment and frontal executive dysfunction without aphasia, agnosia, apraxia, and visuospatial impairment in neuropsychological test. It suggested that the cognitive impairment might be due to the dysfunction of frontal-subcortical circuit.
