What does brain calcification mean?

Brain calcification should be intracranial calcification of brain tissue, clinically there are physiological calcification and pathological calcification two cases. First, physiological calcification: is a normal manifestation, normal has no clinical significance, do not need excessive worry. Including pineal calcification, choroid plexus calcification, cerebral falx calcification, basal ganglia calcification, cerebellar dentate nucleus calcification and dural calcification. Second, pathological calcification: Normal is caused by diseases, including various infections, parasitic diseases such as cerebral cysticercosis, cerebral echinococcosis, brain tumors, cerebral tuberous sclerosis, familial basal ganglia calcification, cerebral tuberculosis, and calcification caused by hypothyroidism. Treatment is required for related causes.