[Chronic meningitis before diagnosis of celiac disease]
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Published on: November 5, 2019
S Cartalat-Carel1, P F Pradat, A Carpentier
1Fédération de Neurologie Mazarin, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France.
Abstract:
Neurological complications, mainly cerebellar syndrome, have been associated with coeliac disease. We report the first observation of a 56-year-old woman with a chronic meningitis revealing coeliac disease. Neuralgia of the trijeminal nerve and cerebellar syndrome only appeared seven years after the onset of meningitis. MRI examination showed a cerebellar atrophy and a leucoencephalopathy. This case report emphasizes the utility of detection of anti-gliadin antibodies for the diagnosis of a chronic meningitis.
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