Regional cerebral hypoperfusion in patients with celiac disease

Giovanni Addolorato, Daniela Di Giuda, Giuseppe De Rossi, Venanzio Valenza, M Domenicali, Francesco Maria Caputo, Antonio Gasbarrini, Esmeralda Capristo, Giovanni Battista Gasbarrini

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Neurological and psychiatric disorders occur in approximately 10% of patients with celiac disease. Although some of these alterations respond to a gluten-free diet, the etiology of these abnormalities is uncertain. Because of a case report that cerebral hypoperfusion in a celiac patient resolved after a gluten-free diet, we studied brain perfusion changes in untreated celiac patients, treated celiac patients, and healthy controls. METHODS: A total of 15 untreated celiac patients without conditions affecting brain perfusion were enrolled; none had neurological or psychiatric disorders other than anxiety or depression. We also studied 15 celiac patients who were on a gluten-free diet for almost 1 year, and 24 healthy volunteers of similar sex and age. All subjects underwent cerebral single photon emission computed tomography examination. RESULTS: Of the 15 untreated celiac patients, 11 (73%) had at least one hypoperfused brain region, compared with only 1 (7%) of the 15 celiac patients on a gluten-free diet and none of the controls (P = 0.01). Cerebral perfusion was significantly lower (P <0.05) in untreated celiac patients, compared with healthy controls, in 7 of 26 brain regions. No significant differences in cerebral perfusion were found between celiac patients on a gluten-free diet and healthy controls. CONCLUSION: There is evidence of regional cerebral blood flow alteration in untreated celiac patients.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)312-317
Numero di pagine6
RivistaTHE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
Volume116
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2004

Keywords

  • Anxiety
  • Celiac Disease
  • Cerebrovascular Circulation
  • Depression
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon

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