Progressive ataxia, focal seizures, and malabsorption syndrome in a 41 year old woman.

Diet and Headache: Part 2

“…Celiac disease may produce a vasculitis of the CNS that can produce ataxia, peripheral neuropathy, and migraine-like headaches. 53,54 In addition, white matter lesions have been reported in these patients. 55 There have been case series demonstrating that the migraine may improve and the white matter lesions may not progress with institution of a gluten free diet.…”

“…Celiac disease may produce a vasculitis of the CNS that can produce ataxia, peripheral neuropathy, and migraine‐like headaches . In addition, white matter lesions have been reported in these patients .…”

Should we be ‘nervous’ about coeliac disease? Brain abnormalities in patients with coeliac disease referred for neurological opinion

“…The aetiology of WMAs in coeliac disease is unknown, although previous autopsy reports have suggested the possibility of an immune-mediated vasculitis 30 31. The lack of white matter disease in the control group and the presence of WMAs in subjects who appeared to have no known vascular risk factors imply a possible causal link between gluten sensitivity and WMAs rather than the two being an epiphenomenon.…”

CSF antigliadin antibodies and the Ramsay Hunt syndrome

“…8 We performed 6-FD and RAC-PET studies in patients with MJD to correlate in vivo dopaminergic nigrostriatal function with extrapyramidal features, age of onset, disease duration, disease phenotype, and CAG repeat length. 8 We performed 6-FD and RAC-PET studies in patients with MJD to correlate in vivo dopaminergic nigrostriatal function with extrapyramidal features, age of onset, disease duration, disease phenotype, and CAG repeat length.…”