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Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding persisting for a decade: a rare manifestation of a common disease
Celiac disease commonly presents with diarrhea but variable presentation with anemia, osteoporosis, incidental recognition, and liver function abnormalities is also known. Overt blood loss is uncommon in celiac disease. We present the case of a 60-year-old female who presented with obscure gastroint...
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Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3959364/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24714068 |
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author | Rana, Surinder S. Sharma, Vishal Rao, Chalapathi Singh, Kartar Bhasin, Deepak K. |
author_facet | Rana, Surinder S. Sharma, Vishal Rao, Chalapathi Singh, Kartar Bhasin, Deepak K. |
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description | Celiac disease commonly presents with diarrhea but variable presentation with anemia, osteoporosis, incidental recognition, and liver function abnormalities is also known. Overt blood loss is uncommon in celiac disease. We present the case of a 60-year-old female who presented with obscure gastrointestinal blood loss for more than a decade necessitating multiple transfusions and was eventually diagnosed to have celiac disease. After introduction of gluten-free diet, her symptoms improved and there has been no recurrence of gastrointestinal bleeding. |
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spelling | pubmed-39593642014-04-07 Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding persisting for a decade: a rare manifestation of a common disease Rana, Surinder S. Sharma, Vishal Rao, Chalapathi Singh, Kartar Bhasin, Deepak K. Ann Gastroenterol Case Report Celiac disease commonly presents with diarrhea but variable presentation with anemia, osteoporosis, incidental recognition, and liver function abnormalities is also known. Overt blood loss is uncommon in celiac disease. We present the case of a 60-year-old female who presented with obscure gastrointestinal blood loss for more than a decade necessitating multiple transfusions and was eventually diagnosed to have celiac disease. After introduction of gluten-free diet, her symptoms improved and there has been no recurrence of gastrointestinal bleeding. Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3959364/ /pubmed/24714068 Text en Copyright: © Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Rana, Surinder S. Sharma, Vishal Rao, Chalapathi Singh, Kartar Bhasin, Deepak K. Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding persisting for a decade: a rare manifestation of a common disease |
title | Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding persisting for a decade: a rare manifestation of a common disease |
title_full | Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding persisting for a decade: a rare manifestation of a common disease |
title_fullStr | Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding persisting for a decade: a rare manifestation of a common disease |
title_full_unstemmed | Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding persisting for a decade: a rare manifestation of a common disease |
title_short | Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding persisting for a decade: a rare manifestation of a common disease |
title_sort | obscure gastrointestinal bleeding persisting for a decade: a rare manifestation of a common disease |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3959364/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24714068 |
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