EPILEPSY AND OCCIPITAL CALCIFICATIONS WITH OR WITHOUT CELIAC-DISEASE - REPORT OF 4 CASES

Four epilepsy patients with mono- or bi-occipital calcifications of unknown etiology underwent a battery of tests including intestinal biopsy, in order to rule out the presence of celiac disease, as recently reported in the literature. Celiac disease was diagnosed in two patients who manifested a particularly unfavorable epilepsy outcome. Our findings, supporting what resulted in other series, suggest that celiac disease can be suspected in the presence of cerebral calcifications and epilepsy. The appropriate tests for celiac disease, which can be completely asymptomatic in teenagers and young adults, should then be performed.