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Diffuse encephalic calcification. A case report.

A L De Rosso·P de A Maranhão Filho·E A De Oliveira·S A Novis
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The basal ganglia calcification is known since the last century but with the new neuroimage techniques (CT scan) its diagnosis became more frequent specially in asymptomatic patients. The authors report a case with non-familial primary diffuse encephalic calcification with exuberant calcifications on cerebral hemispheres, cerebellum and brain stem, seen on CT scan.

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A L De Rosso, P de A Maranhão Filho, E A De Oliveira, S A Novis. 1992. Diffuse encephalic calcification. A case report.. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0004-282x1992000400017

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