Rare Neurological Manifestation of Celiac Disease

Rare Neurological Manifestation of Celiac Disease

Celiac disease (CD) is an immune-mediated disease characterized by permanent gastrointestinal tract sensitivity to gluten in genetically predisposed individuals. It has varied clinical manifestations, ranging from gastrointestinal to extraintestinal, including neurological, skin, reproductive and psychiatric symptoms, which makes its diagnosis difficult and challenging. Known neurological manif...

Isolated Neurological Manifestation in Silent Celiac Disease

A rare neurological presentation of celiac disease

Background: Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune disease of the small intestine due to sensitivity to gluten, a protein which is present in wheat, rye, and barley. Th e most common clinical fi ndings in CD are gastrointestinal complications but neurological presentations are also seen in some patients. Case report: A case is described of a 40-year-old man who presented CD-related optic neuropat...

Celiac crisis in an adult type 1 diabetes mellitus patient: a rare manifestation of celiac disease.

Celiac crisis, an acute severe onset of celiac disease, is a rare and life-threatening manifestation. We report a 30-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes mellitus who arrived at our service with one-month history of severe acute watery diarrhea associated with nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and weight loss of 9 kg. The diagnostic hypothesis of celiac crisis was reached based on profuse diarrh...

Neurological manifestations of celiac disease.

UNLABELLED Celiac disease (CD/ Nontropicalsprue, gluten-sensitive enteropathy) is a malabsortive condition in which an allergic reaction to the cereal grain-protein gluten (present in wheat, rye and barley) causes small intestine mucosal injury. The onset is in the first four decades of life, with a female to male ratio of 2:1. It may be associated with a wide spectrum of neurological manifesta...