Clinical Case Database / Category: Patient Management
Gluten-induced ataxia
Publication details
Dr Padmini Gopalan MBBS (MRCP), Dr Steven Yeomans MRCP
Foundation Years Journal, volume 4, issue 3, p.5 (123Doc Education, London, March 2010)
Abstract
The immunological response to ingested gluten in genetically susceptible individuals was first described by Marsh in 1995. Although gluten-induced enteropathy (coeliac disease) is the commonly recognised presentation, isolated neurological dysfunction, especially ataxia, has been well documented. We present a patient who had established coeliac disease and had been fully treated with no enteropathy for 10 years. After so many years of being symptom-free, the patient presented with ataxia. In the absence of any other cause, the ataxia was thought to be related to gluten sensitivity, which was proven through laboratory and radiological investigations. The case is interesting due to the way it presented as ataxia after several years and the absence of any associated gastrointestinal symptoms from coeliac disease.
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Authors
Dr Padmini Gopalan MBBS (MRCP)
ST1 in General Medicine
Doncaster Royal Infirmary
Doncaster DN2 5LT
minnie_doc@hotmail.com
Dr Steven Yeomans MRCP
Consultant Physician
University Hospital North Tees
Hardwick
Stockton-on-Tees TS19 8PE
steven.yeomans@nth.nhs.uk
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