[Transient ischemic attack associated with a calcinosis cerebri syndrome]

C Asensio Moreno; J L Arias Jiménez; O Aramburu Bodas; M Ortega Calvo; R Pérez Cano

doi:10.4321/s0212-71992008000100009

[Transient ischemic attack associated with a calcinosis cerebri syndrome]

An Med Interna. 2008 Jan;25(1):33-5. doi: 10.4321/s0212-71992008000100009.

[Article in Spanish]

Authors

C Asensio Moreno¹, J L Arias Jiménez, O Aramburu Bodas, M Ortega Calvo, R Pérez Cano

Affiliation

¹ Servicios de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla.

PMID: 18377194
DOI: 10.4321/s0212-71992008000100009

Abstract

We report a 71 years old man suffering from transient ischemic attack associated with a calcinosis cerebri (Fahr's disease). Arterial hypertension was the unique vascular risk factor disclosed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Brain Diseases / complications*
Brain Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Calcinosis / complications*
Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging
Clopidogrel
Dysarthria / drug therapy
Dysarthria / etiology*
Humans
Ischemic Attack, Transient / drug therapy
Ischemic Attack, Transient / etiology*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / therapeutic use
Ticlopidine / analogs & derivatives
Ticlopidine / therapeutic use
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
Clopidogrel
Ticlopidine