M. J. Iqbal, M. A. Anjum, I. Joher, M. Usman, A. Rabbani, A. Hussain


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ABSTRACT

Aim: To evaluate the histological spectrum of "celiac hepatitis" and the likelihood that these features will return after GFD.

Methods: The laboratory tests, Clinical profile, liver and duodenal biopsy were studied with the patients with hepatic derangement and CD among 35 patients. Whenever possible, a histological comparison of before and after GFD treatmenton liver and duodenal biopsies were performed.

Results: In the records of the pathology and gastroenterology departments of our institute, CD and ECM were found in 35 patients. There were twenty-four men and 11 women with a mean age of 24.3 (10-50 range).

Twenty-four patients were primarily identified with celiac disease and later diagnosed with CLD. At diagnosis, this feature was currently associated with small bowel diarrhea in 13 (65%) and CD without diarrhea in the remaining seven patients (35%). 10 of these 20 patients had anemia. Antibodies to TTG were positive in 21 patients (87.5%), AGA in 17 patients (70.8%), and EMA in 4 patients. Severe villous abnormality (Marsh-Oberhuber type 3C) in eleven patients (45.8.3%) on duodenal biopsy, moderate villous abnormality (type 3B) in seven patients (29.2%), 5 patients (20.8%) have mild abnormality of the villi (type 3A). The clinical topographies indicating the progress of liver ailment in these 24 cases are as follows: 8 have ascites (33.3%), 6(25%) patients have jaundice, hepatomegaly in 5 (20.8%) and 5(20.8%) Patients have splenomegaly.

Conclusion: There has been a problematic case of coeliac disease that has undergone an unnoticed distinction. This is one of the few researches that shows the full range of Coeliac Disease liver histopathology, from non-invasive to invasive hepatitis’. Experiment of a GFD may outcome in clinicopathological enhancement of ’coeliac hepatitis’.

Keywords: Gluten-free diet, coeliac disease, duodenal biopsies, hepatomegaly.



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