First-time seizure revealing late-onset Fahr’s disease: a case report and brief literature review
Adugna Lamessa, Kenna Tesfaye, Tamirat Godebo Woyimo, Ermias Habte Gebremichael · 2024
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Description
Fahr's disease is a rare inherited condition in which calcium builds up in deep brain regions, causing movement and thinking problems. Lamessa, Tesfaye, Woyimo, and Gebremichael report a 60-year-old man with no known illnesses who arrived at a tertiary hospital after his first-ever seizures. He had suffered repeated convulsions and two days of lost consciousness. Basic lab tests were normal.
A brain CT scan showed the telltale calcium deposits, and the team diagnosed epilepsy arising from late-onset Fahr's disease using standard criteria. Anti-seizure treatment controlled his symptoms well. The authors note that seizures are an uncommon first sign of this disease in adults. They urge doctors to consider it when an adult has a first seizure, and to test for other causes before settling on treatment.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Adugna Lamessa, Kenna Tesfaye, Tamirat Godebo Woyimo, Ermias Habte Gebremichael |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 24 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |