Celiac disease, cerebral venous thrombosis and protein S deficiency, a fortuitous association?
Bahloul, M.; Chaari, A.; Khlaf-Bouaziz, N.; Kallel, H.; Chaari, L.; Ben Hamida, C.; Chelly, H.; Rekik, N.; Bouaziz, M.
Journal des Maladies Vasculaires 30(4 Pt 1): 228-230
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0398-0499 PMID: 16292200 Document Number: 594035
Celiac disease is a pathology which is rarely associated with thrombosis complications. Cerebral vascular thrombosis has never been described in patients with a celiac disease. We report an observation of a 21-year-old girl with a history of celiac disease who was hospitalized in the intensive care unit for convulsive status epilepticus secondary to a cerebral venous thrombosis. The etiologic investigation of this thrombo-embolic complication revealed protein S deficit. Our patient improved under symptomatic treatment. This original observation confirms that celiac disease can be associated with cerebral venous thrombosis.