Progressive cerebral calcifications, epilepsy, and celiac disease

A Fois; P Balestri; M Vascotto; M A Farnetani; R M Di Bartolo; V Di Marco; C Vindigni

doi:10.1016/0387-7604(93)90011-v

Progressive cerebral calcifications, epilepsy, and celiac disease

Brain Dev. 1993 Jan-Feb;15(1):79-82. doi: 10.1016/0387-7604(93)90011-v.

Authors

A Fois¹, P Balestri, M Vascotto, M A Farnetani, R M Di Bartolo, V Di Marco, C Vindigni

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Siena, Italy.

PMID: 8338215
DOI: 10.1016/0387-7604(93)90011-v

Abstract

A case with progressive cerebral calcifications, white matter involvement, and drug-resistant epilepsy in a 9-year-old boy is described. The final diagnosis was celiac disease (CD). The relationship of CD with epileptogenic lesions is considered, and the possible significance of this association is discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Brain Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Brain Diseases / etiology
Brain Diseases / pathology*
Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging
Calcinosis / etiology
Calcinosis / pathology*
Celiac Disease / complications
Celiac Disease / diagnostic imaging
Celiac Disease / pathology*
Child
Drug Resistance
Electroencephalography
Epilepsy / drug therapy
Epilepsy / etiology
Epilepsy / pathology*
Humans
Jejunum / pathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Tomography, X-Ray Computed