Introduction. Fahr?s syndrome is a rare, slowly progressive,
neurodegenerative disorder, characterised by extensive, bilateral, and
symmetrical basal ganglia calcification. It is associated with
neuropsychiatric manifestations and gradually progressive cognitive
impairment. Fahr's syndrome is the secondary form of brain calcification that
is caused by various metabolic, infectious, or degenerative diseases. Case
report. We presented a middle-aged male with Fahr's syndrome due to primary
idiopathic hypoparathyroidism. Clinical diagnosis was based on signs and
symptoms of hypocalcemia, progressive neuropsychiatric illnesses, laboratory
evidence of hypoparathyroidism, and radiological signs of calcifications in
the basal ganglia. The patient improved after only a few days of intravenous
rehydration and calcium substitution, followed by oral supplemental
calcitriol. Conclusion. Timely recognition of idiopathic and iatrogenic
hypoparathyroidism allows appropriate treatment that can prevent the
development and clinical manifestations of Fahr?s syndrome and potentially
slow its progression.
Repeated percutaneous ethanol injections into nontoxic solitary autonomous thyroid nodules result in disappearing of authonomy. The regression of the nodule size of more than 50% compared to its initial volume, as well as the increase in concentration of TSH for more than 50% are the signs of a successful treatment.
Even when elements clearly indicate the presence of thyroid-related ophthalmopathy, disease deteriorating should raise a suspicion and always lead to imaging procedures to exclude malignancy.
Since the prognosis with localized paraganglioma is good, we underlined the importance of a well-timed, accurate and detailed medical history in all the patients with even mild, inexplicable micturition-provoked adrenergic symptomatology.
A combination of ASVS and EUS as diagnostic procedures ensures high accuracy for preoperative determination of insulinoma localization. Minimal resection such as enucleation shoud be performed whenever it is possible.
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