A Rare Case of Celiac Presenting at an Atypical Age with Multisystem Involvement

Uttayan Chakrabarti^1, , Manisha Bais Thakur¹ and Geetika Khanna²

¹Department of Medicine, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India

²Department of Pathology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India

Cite this paper:
Uttayan Chakrabarti, Manisha Bais Thakur and Geetika Khanna. A Rare Case of Celiac Presenting at an Atypical Age with Multisystem Involvement. International Journal of Celiac Disease. 2019; 7(3):86-89. doi: 10.12691/ijcd-7-3-4

Abstract

Celiac Disease is an autoimmune disorder due to hypersensitivity to gluten. Gluten free diet usually reverses the pathological changes but in 7-30 % of cases when there is no reversal one should look for the evidence of Microscopic colitis. Celiac disease is also associated with multiple haematological and renal abnormalities and here we report an atypical case of Celiac presenting in an unusual age with multisystem involvement.

Keywords:
gluten free diet microscopic colitis multi-system involvement

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