FAHRS DISEASE-ASSOCIATED WITH ASTROCYTIC PROLIFERATION AND ASTROCYTOMA

This report documents the neuropathological findings of astrocytic pro liferation and astrocytoma in a patient with Fahr's disease. At autops y, there was extensive bilateral symmetrical calcification involving b asal ganglia, sulcal depth of the cerebral cortex, and dentate nuclei of the cerebellum. A large low-grade astrocytoma was identified in the left parietal lobe. Astrocytic proliferation was also noted in the ar eas of early calcification and at the margins of large calcareous depo sits, away from the tumor.