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Two Exceptional Complications Revealing Celiac Disease: Ischemic Cardiomyopathy and Pellagra

1Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital la Rabta, Tunis, Tunisia

2Internal Medicine Department, Sidi Bouzid Regional Hospital, Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia


International Journal of Celiac Disease. 2015, Vol. 3 No. 1, 31-32
DOI: 10.12691/ijcd-3-1-5
Copyright © 2015 Science and Education Publishing

Cite this paper:
Imed Ben Ghorbel, Raouf Hajji, Nabil Bel Feki, Thouraya Ben Salem, Mounir Lamloum, Mohammed Habib Houman. Two Exceptional Complications Revealing Celiac Disease: Ischemic Cardiomyopathy and Pellagra. International Journal of Celiac Disease. 2015; 3(1):31-32. doi: 10.12691/ijcd-3-1-5.

Correspondence to: Raouf  Hajji, Internal Medicine Department, Sidi Bouzid Regional Hospital, Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia. Email: raouf.hajji@yahoo.fr

Abstract

Pellagra is an exceptional skin involvement in celiac disease. Ischemic cardiomyopathy is another rare event in celiac disease. Its pathogenesis remains not yet elucidated. We report a case of a 34- year old patient of presenting with pellagra and cardiomyopathy revealing a celiac disease.

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