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ArticlePCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences2024

Idiopathic basal ganglia calcification presenting with obsessive-compulsive symptoms: A case report.

Daisuke Yoshioka, Takehiko Yamanashi, Kenta Taneda, Takashi Matsukawa, Kenta Orimo, Masaaki Iwata

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Article in PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Reclaiming obsessionality: Beyond the obsessive-compulsive spectrum.PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2026
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  2. Diabetic striatopathy: cognitive and behavioral insights from case series and literature synthesis.Neurologia croatica : glasilo Udruzenja neurologa Jugoslavije = official journal of Yugoslav Neurological Association · 2025
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6 authors.

Daisuke YoshiokaDivision of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine Tottori University Yonago Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-9775-2369
Takehiko YamanashiDivision of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine Tottori University Yonago Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-3881-8997
Kenta TanedaDivision of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine Tottori University Yonago Japan.
Takashi MatsukawaDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine The University of Tokyo Tokyo Japan.
Kenta OrimoDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine The University of Tokyo Tokyo Japan.
Masaaki IwataDivision of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine Tottori University Yonago Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Idiopathic basal ganglia calcification (IBGC), also known as Farh's disease, is a rare neurodegenerative disorder characterized by calcification of the basal ganglia and other brain regions. This disease usually occurs in middle-aged patients and presents with various neurological and psychiatric symptoms. The exact prevalence is unknown; however, population genomic data analysis suggests a prevalence of at least 4.5/10,000 to 3.3/1000, indicating that the disease is more common than previously thought and remains underdiagnosed. Case Presentation: We report the case of a middle-aged Japanese man who attempted suicide twice because of obsessive-compulsive ideation caused by trivial triggers. The patient's psychiatric symptoms resolved relatively quickly after hospitalization, and imaging and genetic testing led to a diagnosis of IBGC. Conclusion: This case report illustrates the importance of including IBGC in the differential diagnosis of psychiatric symptoms that initially develop in middle-aged patients.

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Fahr's diseaseidiopathic basal ganglia calcificationobsessive‐compulsive symptoms

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PMCPMC11114289

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