Korean Journal of Biological Psychiatry (생물정신의학)

The Korean Society of Biological Psychiatry (대한생물정신의학회)
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A Case of Idiopathic Basal Ganglia Calcification with Dementia

치매가 동반된 특발성 기저핵 석회화 1례

  • Shin, Hee-Young (Clinical Trial Center, Chonnam National University Hosipital) ;
  • Shin, Il-Seon (Clinical Trial Center, Chonnam National University Hosipital)
  • 신희영 (전남대학교병원 임상시험센터) ;
  • 신일선 (전남대학교병원 임상시험센터)
  • Published : 2006.02.28
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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.

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