A case of Fahr's disease presenting as chorea successfully treated by the use of quetiapine

Syoichiro Kono; Yasuhiro Manabe; Tomotaka Tanaka; Daiki Fujii; Yasuko Sakai; Hisashi Narai; Nobuhiko Omori; Koji Abe

doi:10.4137/ccrep.s3423

A case of Fahr's disease presenting as chorea successfully treated by the use of quetiapine

Syoichiro Kono, Yasuhiro Manabe, Tomotaka Tanaka, Daiki Fujii, Yasuko Sakai, Hisashi Narai, Nobuhiko Omori, Koji Abe

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We report a case of 30-year-old man presenting chorea in his legs. A brain computed tomography (CT) scan showed bilateral symmetric calcifications in the basal ganglia, thalamus, cerebellum and subcortical white matter. Laboratory studies showed no abnormalities of serum calcium, phosphate, PTH, lactic acid, pyruvic acid and cerebrospinal fluid. Under the diagnosis of Fahr's disease (FD), we treated with quetiapine (75 mg/day), which completely abolished his symptoms and he showed no other side effect. Our experience suggests that quetiapine is well tolerated in FD patients and effectively treats chorea without extrapyramidal movement.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	63-65
Number of pages	3
Journal	Clinical Medicine: Case Reports
Volume	2009
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4137/ccrep.s3423
Publication status	Published - Oct 22 2009

Keywords

Basal ganglia calcification
Fahr's disease
Quetiapine

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