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- Title
Autoimmune enteropathy: not all flat mucosa mean coeliac disease.
- Authors
Volta, Umberto; Mumolo, Maria Gloria; Caio, Giacomo; Boschetti, Elisa; Latorre, Rocco; Giancola, Fiorella; Paterini, Paola; De Giorgio, Roberto
- Abstract
A 62-year-old woman complaining of severe malabsorption was diagnosed with celiac disease based on the findings of flat, small intestinal mucosa and HLA-DQ2 positivity, although celiac serology was negative. This diagnosis was questioned due to the lack of clinical and histological improvement after a long period of strict gluten-free diet. The detection of enterocyte autoantibodies guided to the correct diagnosis of autoimmune enteropathy, leading to a complete recovery of the patient following an appropriate immunosuppressive treatment. Autoimmune enteropathy should be considered in the differential diagnosis of malabsorption with severe villous atrophy, including those cases with negative celiac-related serology.
- Subjects
AUTOIMMUNE disease diagnosis; CELIAC disease diagnosis; INTESTINAL mucosa physiology; INTESTINAL disease diagnosis; MALABSORPTION syndromes; SMALL intestine; AUTOANTIBODIES; CELIAC disease; CELL physiology; GASTROENTEROLOGY; ANATOMY; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Gastroenterology & Hepatology from Bed to Bench, 2016, Vol 9, Issue 2, p140
- ISSN
2008-2258
- Publication type
Article