Epilepsy and migraine in a patient with Urbach-Wiethe disease

Kristl G Claeys; Lieve R F Claes; Johan W M Van Goethem; Sandy Sercu; Joseph Merregaert; Julien Lambert; Eric A Van Marck; Paul M Parizel; Peter De Jonghe

doi:10.1016/j.seizure.2007.02.014

Epilepsy and migraine in a patient with Urbach-Wiethe disease

Seizure. 2007 Jul;16(5):465-8. doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2007.02.014. Epub 2007 Apr 2.

Authors

Kristl G Claeys¹, Lieve R F Claes, Johan W M Van Goethem, Sandy Sercu, Joseph Merregaert, Julien Lambert, Eric A Van Marck, Paul M Parizel, Peter De Jonghe

Affiliation

¹ Neurogenetics Group, Department of Molecular Genetics, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerpen, Belgium. kristl.claeys@ua.ac.be

PMID: 17403608
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2007.02.014

Abstract

We report the clinical, neuroradiological, and molecular genetic findings in a patient with lipoid proteinosis or Urbach-Wiethe disease. Interestingly, in this patient epilepsy and migraine were the symptoms leading to the diagnosis of the disease, contrary to most patients in whom skin abnormalities are the first recognized symptoms.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Epilepsy / complications*
Female
Humans
Lipoid Proteinosis of Urbach and Wiethe / complications*
Lipoid Proteinosis of Urbach and Wiethe / diagnosis
Lipoid Proteinosis of Urbach and Wiethe / diagnostic imaging
Lipoid Proteinosis of Urbach and Wiethe / genetics
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Migraine Disorders / complications*
Radiography