title: Bilateral calcifications in the basal ganglia, and frontal and parietal lobes of a patient with coeliac disease.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Baskent University Medical Faculty, Adana Hospital, Adana Hastanesi Cocuk Bolumu, 01140 Seyhan-Adana, Turkey. svefay@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Selman Vefa
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Yildirim
authors.forename: Filiz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tiker
authors.forename: Ozlem
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Barutcu
authors.forename: Nurcan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cengiz
mesh_terms: 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