Fahr disease discovered after closed head injury

A rare case of Fahr disease revealed by an epileptic seizure

“…The basal ganglia are the most commonly affected [2] . It is a rare genetic disorder, associated principally with chromosome locus 14q48 mutation (IBCG1) [3] , with often dominant transmission [4] , but sporadic cases have been reported [5] . It was first reported in 1930 by Karl Theodor Fahr [5] .…”

“…It typically affects adult patients in their third or fourth decade of life [4] . It was rarely seen in children with clinical manifestations of choreathetoid movements [2] .…”