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  • Korean Journal of Biological Psychiatry
  • Volume 13(1); 2006
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Korean Journal of Biological Psychiatry 2006;13(1):38-42. Published online: Jan, 1, 2006

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A Case of Idiopathic Basal Ganglia Calcification with Dementia

  • Hee-Young Shin, MD, PhD1; and Il-Seon Shin, MD, PhD1,2,3;
    1;Clinical Trial Center, Chonnam National University Hos-ipital, Kwangju, 2;Department of Psychiatry, Chonnam National University Me-dical School, Gwangju, 3;Department of Psychiatry, Hwasun Chonnam National University Hospital, Hwasun, Korea
Abstract

The case of a 66- year-old woman with coexisting idiopathic basal ganglia calcification(IBGC) and dementia was presented. The calcification was detected in bilateral basal ganglia, dentate nucleus, and thalamus by brain imaging. Serum calcium and phosphorus levels were normal. The underlying diseases of calcification of basal ganglia such as parathyroid dysfunction and other infectious, toxic, or metabolic illness were excluded. The patient had memory impairment and frontal executive dysfunction without aphasia, agnosia, apraxia, and visuospatial impairment in neuropsychological test. It suggested that the cognitive impairment might be due to the dysfunction of frontal-subcortical circuit. 

Keywords Basal ganglia;Calcification;Dementia;Neuropsychiatric symptom.