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 seizur...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pediatric radiology 2005-07, Vol.35 (7), p.710-712
Hauptverfasser:	Yildirim, Selman Vefa, Tiker, Filiz, Barutcu, Ozlem, Cengiz, Nurcan
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Basal Ganglia Diseases - etiology Brain Diseases - etiology Calcinosis - etiology Celiac Disease - complications Child, Preschool Follow-Up Studies Frontal Lobe - pathology Humans Male Parietal Lobe - pathology Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	0301-0449 1432-1998
DOI:	10.1007/s00247-005-1416-8