The clinical manifestations of celiac disease may present at any age: A rare case report
| Autor: | Nezih Pişkinpaşa, Mehmet Emin Pişkinpaşa, Haluk Özçelik |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Abdominal pain Pediatrics business.industry Anemia Mechanical Engineering Metals and Alloys nutritional and metabolic diseases Disease Rome iii medicine.disease digestive system diseases Surgery Osteopenia Mechanics of Materials Weight loss Fibromyalgia Rare case Medicine medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Case Reports in Internal Medicine. 2 |
| ISSN: | 2332-7251 2332-7243 |
| DOI: | 10.5430/crim.v2n4p96 |
| Popis: | A case report of a 87-year-old woman developing celiac disease has been discussed. The patient complained of irregularbowel habit, abdominal pain and mild weight loss at the walk-in clinic. Having symptoms fulfilling the ROME III criteria,fibromyalgia and osteopenia were the co-existing syndromes. The laboratory findings showed signs of anemia. Positiveserological tests and duodenal biopsies confirmed the diagnosis of celiac disease. She was treated with gluten-free diet.Accordingly her symptoms relieved and her findings improved. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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