Convulsive disorder in celiac disease
Cohen, O.; River, Y.; Zelinger, I.
Harefuah 126(12): 707
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0017-7768 PMID: 7927014 Document Number: 438507
Several recent reports have described convulsions in patients with celiac disease, and in some, folic acid deficiency and brain calcifications. A 40-year-old woman with celiac disease, hypocalcemia and generalized tonic-clonic seizures is reported. Hypocalcemia was corrected and convulsions disappeared, but the EEG showed persistent occipital epileptiform activity. Patients with celiac disease and hypocalcemia due to malabsorption are particularly at increased risk for convulsions. Therefore, even a mild degree of hypocalcemia in these patients should be corrected as soon as possible.