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CT scan without contrast showing bilateral basal ganglia calcification.
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Given the late onset of his neuropsychiatric symptoms, a computed tomography scan (CT) of his brain was done during his presentation, as seen in Figure 1.
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CT scan without contrast showing bilateral basal ganglia calcification.
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A repeat CT scan of the brain was done (shown in Figure 2) and showed small bilateral basal ganglia calcifications, consistent with the image findings during his first episode of psychotic disturbance.
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CT scan without contrast showing mild to moderate bilateral periventricular and deep white matter low attenuation along with trace bilateral basal ganglia calcification.
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The images showed small bilateral basal ganglia calcifications, in addition to mild to moderate bilateral periventricular and deep white matter low attenuation suggestive for chronic small vessel ischemic disease (Figure 3).