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- Title
Celiac disease with celiac crisis.
- Authors
Dogan, Murat; Yuca, Sevil Ari; Acikgoz, Mehmet; Dogan, Sekibe Zehra; Kaya, Avni; Cesur, Yasar
- Abstract
Celiac crisis is a life threatening and very rare complication of Celiac disease. Clinically, it is characterized by severe diarrhea, dehydration and metabolic disturbances like hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, hypocalcemia, hypoproteinemia. A 2.5-years-old-girl with diarrhea, weight loss, abdominal distention, extremities edema, vomit which occurred after the beginning of supplementary nutrition was presented to emphasize that celiac crisis should be keep in mind in patient with gastrointestinal symptoms, which are best known in celiac disease, metabolic disturbance and abdominal distention.
- Publication
European Journal of General Medicine, 2010, Vol 7, Issue 2, p213
- ISSN
1304-3889
- Publication type
Journal Article