Bilateral striopallidodentate calcinosis with paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia

Pediatr Neurol. 2010 Jul;43(1):46-8. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2010.03.013.

Abstract

Bilateral striopallidodentate calcinosis is characterized by calcification of the basal ganglia and other gray matter structures. We describe a 16-year-old boy with paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia. He exhibited mineralization in the basal ganglia, posterior thalami, and dentate nuclei bilaterally, and was diagnosed with sporadic bilateral striopallidodentate calcinosis. The paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia responded to low-dose treatment with carbamazepine (200 mg/day).

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use
  • Basal Ganglia / pathology*
  • Calcinosis / pathology*
  • Carbamazepine / therapeutic use
  • Chorea / drug therapy
  • Chorea / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male

Substances

  • Anticonvulsants
  • Carbamazepine