Silent Celiac Disease in an obese patient

Silent Celiac Disease in an obese patient

<p>We present an obese patient who underwent high digestive endoscopy due to dysphagia after accidental ingestion of chicken bone. There is mild reflux oesophagitis and duodenal atrophy. Intestinal biopsy reports severe villous atrophy with lymphoplasmocytic infiltrate. Autoantibodies for celi...

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Main Author: Raúl Emilio Real Delor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Córdoba 2017-12-01
Series:Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Córdoba
Subjects:
enfermedad celiaca
atrofia intestinal
obesidad
Online Access:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/med/article/view/16888
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spelling doaj-c8f3baaa5c3c43cf9fdbe7d9aeb831d02021-01-02T04:00:23ZengUniversidad Nacional de CórdobaRevista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Córdoba0014-67221853-06052017-12-0174439840110.31053/1853.0605.v74.n4.1688816774Silent Celiac Disease in an obese patientRaúl Emilio Real Delor0Dpto. de Medicina Interna. Hospital Nacional. Itauguá, Paraguay<p>We present an obese patient who underwent high digestive endoscopy due to dysphagia after accidental ingestion of chicken bone. There is mild reflux oesophagitis and duodenal atrophy. Intestinal biopsy reports severe villous atrophy with lymphoplasmocytic infiltrate. Autoantibodies for celiac disease return positive. The patient never presented digestive symptoms.</p><p> </p>https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/med/article/view/16888enfermedad celiacaatrofia intestinalobesidad
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Silent Celiac Disease in an obese patient
Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Córdoba
enfermedad celiaca
atrofia intestinal
obesidad
author_facet Raúl Emilio Real Delor
author_sort Raúl Emilio Real Delor
title Silent Celiac Disease in an obese patient
title_short Silent Celiac Disease in an obese patient
title_full Silent Celiac Disease in an obese patient
title_fullStr Silent Celiac Disease in an obese patient
title_full_unstemmed Silent Celiac Disease in an obese patient
title_sort silent celiac disease in an obese patient
publisher Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
series Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Córdoba
issn 0014-6722
1853-0605
publishDate 2017-12-01
description <p>We present an obese patient who underwent high digestive endoscopy due to dysphagia after accidental ingestion of chicken bone. There is mild reflux oesophagitis and duodenal atrophy. Intestinal biopsy reports severe villous atrophy with lymphoplasmocytic infiltrate. Autoantibodies for celiac disease return positive. The patient never presented digestive symptoms.</p><p> </p>
topic enfermedad celiaca
atrofia intestinal
obesidad
url https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/med/article/view/16888
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