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Chavany-Brunhes syndrome
Also known as:
Fritsche’s syndrome
Fahr’s disease
Brunhes-Chavany syndrome
Associated persons:
Jacques Brunhes
Jean Alfred Émile Chavany
Karl Theodor Fahr
R. Fritsche
Description:
A disturbance marked by persistent headache and a variable degree of psychoneurotic manifestations, caused by calcification of the falx cerebri. Attacks of headache may be precipitated by fatigue, emotional stress, or maintaining a fixed position of the head for a prolonged period of time. Oligophrenia in some cases (Fritsche’s). Etiology unknown. May be a familial autosomal recessive trait.
Bibliography:
- J. A. Chavany, J. Brunhes:
Syndromes céphalique et psychonévrotique avec calcification de la faux du cerveau.
Revue neurologique, Paris, 1938, 69: 113-131.
- R. Fritsche:
Eine familiar auftretende Form von Oligophrenia mit röntgenologisch nachweisbaren symmetrischen Kalkablagerungen im Gehirn, besonders in den Stammganglien.
Schweizer Archiv für Neurologie, Neurochirurgie und Psychiatrie, Zürich, 1935, 35: 1.
- C. Foix, J. A. Chavany, J. Marie:
Diplégie facio-linguo-masticatrice d'origine sous-corticale sans paralysie des membres (contribution à l'étude de la localisation des centres de la face du membre supérieur).
Revue neurologique, Paris, 1926, 33: 214-219.
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