Bazal ganglion kalsifikasyonu olan 13 yaşında bir olgu

Nöro-görüntüleme tekniklerinin giderek artan kullanımı nedeniyle, bazal ganglion kalsifikasyonunun saptanma sıklığı da artmaktadır. Bazal ganglion kalsifikasyonunun etiyolojisinde enfeksiyöz hastalıklar, otozomal resesif ya da dominant geçişli genetik hastalıklar, çölyak hastalığı, anoksi, karbonmonoksit inhalasyonu ve kafa travması gibi nedenler bulunmaktadır. Bu makalede globus pallidus düzeyinde bilateral bazal ganglion kalsifikasyonu saptanan 13 yaşında kız olgu, nadir görülmesi ve bazal ganglion kalsifikasyonu ayırıcı tanısının irdelenmesi açısından sunulmuştur.

A 13 year-old girl with basal ganglia calcification

Basal ganglia calcification is now being diagnosed with increasing frequency with widespread application of neuroimaging techniques. In the etiology of basal ganglia calcification, infectious diseases, autosomal recessive or dominant inheritance genetic diseases, celiac disease, anoxia, carbon monoxide inhalation, and head trauma can be detected. Here we present a 13 year-old girl with bilateral basal ganglia calcification at the level of globus pallidus, in terms of rarity and examination of the differential diagnosis of basal ganglia calcification.

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