Abstract
We describe two young adult patients with seizures and cerebral calcifications since childhood, diagnosed as Sturge Weber syndrome, who also had gluten enteropathy. Although the calcifications were located in regions similar to calcifications of Sturge Weber cases, many of the features of the syndrome were absent, and this diagnosis seems improbable. Whereas a coincidental involvement cannot be excluded, attention is drawn to this association between celiac disease and seizures with intracranial calcifications mimicking a Sturge Weber syndrome. After a gluten-free diet, antiepileptic therapy could be reduced in our patients.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 992-994 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | American Journal of Gastroenterology |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| Publication status | Published - 1988 |
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Celiac disease associated with epilepsy and intracranial calcifications : Report of two patients. / Molteni, N.; Bardella, M. T.; Baldassarri, A. R.; Bianchi, P. A.
In: American Journal of Gastroenterology, Vol. 83, No. 9, 1988, p. 992-994.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Celiac disease associated with epilepsy and intracranial calcifications
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AU - Molteni, N.
AU - Bardella, M. T.
AU - Baldassarri, A. R.
AU - Bianchi, P. A.
PY - 1988
Y1 - 1988
N2 - We describe two young adult patients with seizures and cerebral calcifications since childhood, diagnosed as Sturge Weber syndrome, who also had gluten enteropathy. Although the calcifications were located in regions similar to calcifications of Sturge Weber cases, many of the features of the syndrome were absent, and this diagnosis seems improbable. Whereas a coincidental involvement cannot be excluded, attention is drawn to this association between celiac disease and seizures with intracranial calcifications mimicking a Sturge Weber syndrome. After a gluten-free diet, antiepileptic therapy could be reduced in our patients.
AB - We describe two young adult patients with seizures and cerebral calcifications since childhood, diagnosed as Sturge Weber syndrome, who also had gluten enteropathy. Although the calcifications were located in regions similar to calcifications of Sturge Weber cases, many of the features of the syndrome were absent, and this diagnosis seems improbable. Whereas a coincidental involvement cannot be excluded, attention is drawn to this association between celiac disease and seizures with intracranial calcifications mimicking a Sturge Weber syndrome. After a gluten-free diet, antiepileptic therapy could be reduced in our patients.
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