An “image of the month” in the NEJM shows the association between celiac disease and occipital calcifications in a 24 year-old with a 10 year history of headaches, here’s the link: nej.md/1ij7zM4
The course and explanation: Treatment with a gluten-free diet, folic acid supplementation, and carbamazepine was initiated, and the patient’s condition improved, with remission of all symptoms. The combination of celiac disease, epilepsy, and cerebral calcification is a rare condition known as the CEC syndrome. Folate malabsorption is a suggested mechanism
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Also, there is a useful patient celiac education page from JAMA Pediatrics & University of Chicago: http://dlvr.it/55h6Rd