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Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Fahr's Syndrome

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Objectives and methodology To review the neuropsychiatric symptoms of Fahr's syndrome. Results/discussion Fahr's Syndrome is a rare degenerative neuropsychiatric condition, characterized by bilateral and symmetrical calcifications of the basal ganglia.… Click to show full abstract

Objectives and methodology To review the neuropsychiatric symptoms of Fahr's syndrome. Results/discussion Fahr's Syndrome is a rare degenerative neuropsychiatric condition, characterized by bilateral and symmetrical calcifications of the basal ganglia. It can be associated with several metabolic, infectious or genetic conditions. It is clinically manifested by movement disorders, psychosis, cognitive impairment, mood disorders, personality dysfunction or obsessive-compulsive spectrum disturbances. First presentation can be psychiatric in approximately 40% of the cases. Cognitive dysfunction, mood disorders and psychosis are the most common presentations. In the present case, depression, dementia and movement disorders were the main clinical pictures. This report alerts for the significance of neuropsychiatric symptoms within this diagnosis, considering the multisystemic approach of the illness. Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Keywords: symptoms fahr; fahr syndrome; neuropsychiatric symptoms

Journal Title: European Psychiatry
Year Published: 2017

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