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Minor calcification of the basal ganglia was demonstrated by computed tomography in a woman, aged 66, who had survived carbon monoxide poisoning 48 years earlier. Extensive neuropathological investigations have demonstrated calcified lesions of the basal ganglia in a number of conditions, but their frequency and topographic distribution in vivo remain to be elucidated, by means of CT.
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Illum, F. Calcification of the basal ganglia following carbon monoxide poisoning. Neuroradiology 19, 213–214 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00376710
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