Bilateral calcifications in the basal ganglia, and frontal and parietal lobes of a patient with coeliac disease.
Previous authors have described a specific syndrome of coeliac disease, bilateral cerebral calcifications and epileptic seizures. We report a 4-year-old boy with coeliac disease who had bilateral calcifications in the basal ganglia and frontal and parietal lobes, but did not exhibit epileptic seizures.
Yildirim
Selman Vefa
SV
Department of Paediatrics, Baskent University Medical Faculty, Adana Hospital, Adana Hastanesi Cocuk Bolumu, 01140 Seyhan-Adana, Turkey. svefay@yahoo.com
Tiker
Filiz
F
Barutcu
Ozlem
O
Cengiz
Nurcan
N
D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000150:complications*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed