Abstract
Three children who presented with two rare conditions, nephrogenic diabetes insipidus and intracerebral calcification, were studied. The lack of evidence for the presence of a metabolic defect other than nephrogenic diabetes insipidus suggests that it can lead to the development of intracerebral calcification. Perhaps the main risk factor is inadequate fluid intake during early infancy.
Full text
PDF
Images in this article
Selected References
These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.
- Illum F. Calcification of the basal ganglia following carbon monoxide poisoning. Neuroradiology. 1980;19(4):213–214. doi: 10.1007/BF00376710. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- KEARNS T. P., SAYRE G. P. Retinitis pigmentosa, external ophthalmophegia, and complete heart block: unusual syndrome with histologic study in one of two cases. AMA Arch Ophthalmol. 1958 Aug;60(2):280–289. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Kazis A. D. Contribution of CT scan to the diagnosis of Fahr's syndrome. Acta Neurol Scand. 1985 Mar;71(3):206–211. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1985.tb03190.x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Kendall B., Cavanagh N. Intracranial calcification in paediatric computed tomography. Neuroradiology. 1986;28(4):324–330. doi: 10.1007/BF00333438. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Numaguchi Y., Hoffman J. C., Jr, Sones P. J., Jr Basal ganglia calcification as a late radiation effect. Am J Roentgenol Radium Ther Nucl Med. 1975 Jan;123(1):27–30. doi: 10.2214/ajr.123.1.27. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Peylan-Ramu N., Poplack D. G., Blei C. L., Herdt J. R., Vermess M., Di Chiro G. Computer assisted tomography in methotrexate encephalopathy. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1977 Apr;1(2):216–221. doi: 10.1097/00004728-197704000-00011. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Russell R. G., Caswell A. M., Hearn P. R., Sharrard R. M. Calcium in mineralized tissues and pathological calcification. Br Med Bull. 1986 Oct;42(4):435–446. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a072163. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Seigel R. S., Seeger J. F., Gabrielsen T. O., Allen R. J. Computed tomography in oculocraniosomatic disease (Kearns-Sayre syndrome). Radiology. 1979 Jan;130(1):159–164. doi: 10.1148/130.1.159. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Steinbach H. L., Young D. A. The roentgen appearance of pseudohypoparathyroidism (PH) and pseudo-pseudohypoparathyroidism (PPH). Differentiation from other syndromes associated with short metacarpals, metatarsals, and phalanges. Am J Roentgenol Radium Ther Nucl Med. 1966 May;97(1):49–66. doi: 10.2214/ajr.97.1.49. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Willich E., Sellier W., Weigel W. Die intrakraniellen Verkalkungen des Kindesalters. Fortschr Geb Rontgenstr Nuklearmed. 1972 Jun;116(6):735–750. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]