Epilepsy With Bilateral Occipital Calcifications

The association of bilateral occipital calcifications with epilepsy and, in most cases, with celiac disease has been recognized as a new syndrome, the etiology of which is unknown (Gobbi et al., 1992). Tortorella et al. (1993) described 17-year-old and 14-year-old Italian sisters who had familial calcifications with epilepsy but without celiac disease. Occipital calcifications were unilateral in one and bilateral in the other.