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  • 标题:A case of celiac disease with neurologic manifestations misdiagnosed as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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  • 作者:Ham, Hyoju ; Lee, Bo-In ; Oh, Hyun Jin
  • 期刊名称:Intestinal Research
  • 印刷版ISSN:1598-9100
  • 电子版ISSN:2288-1956
  • 出版年度:2017
  • 卷号:15
  • 期号:4
  • 页码:540-542
  • DOI:10.5217/ir.2017.15.4.540
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases
  • 摘要:

    Celiac disease (CD) is an immune-mediated enteropathy and is a rare disease in Asia, including in Korea. However, the ingestion of wheat products, which can act as a precipitating factor of CD, has increased rapidly. CD is a common cause of malabsorption, but many patients can present with various atypical manifestations as first presented symptoms, including anemia, osteopenia, infertility, and neurological symptoms. Thus, making a diagnosis is challenging. We report a case of CD that mimicked amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The patient was a sexagenary man with a history of progressive motor weakness for 2 years. He was highly suspected as having ALS. During evaluation of his neurological symptoms, esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) was performed because he had experienced loose stools and weight loss for the previous 7 months. On EGD, the duodenal mucosa appeared smooth. A biopsy revealed severe lymphoplasma cell infiltration with flattened villi. His serum endomysial antibody (immunoglobulin A) titer was 1:160 (reference, <1:40). Finally, he was diagnosed as having CD, and a gluten-free diet was immediately begun. At a 4-month follow-up, his weight and the quality of his stool had improved gradually, and the neurological manifestations had not progressed.

  • 关键词:Celiac disease; Malabsorption syndromes; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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