Acute abdominal perforation as a clinical presentation of coeliac disease

Janaína Luz Narciso-Schiavon; Karoline Kuhnen Fonseca; Jandir Santos Silva; Sarah Sayuri Tiemi Rodrigues; Lee I-Ching; Arthur Conelian Gentili; Cintia Zimmermann De Meireles; Janaina Sant'Ana Fonseca; Luiz Augusto Lacombe; Leonardo De Lucca Schiavon

doi:10.1016/j.ajg.2023.10.003

Acute abdominal perforation as a clinical presentation of coeliac disease

Arab J Gastroenterol. 2024 Feb;25(1):64-66. doi: 10.1016/j.ajg.2023.10.003. Epub 2023 Nov 21.

Affiliations

¹ Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine Department - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil; Gastroenterology Division, Digestive System Unit, University Hospital - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Gastroenterology Division, Digestive System Unit, University Hospital - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
³ Pathological Anatomy Division - University Hospital - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
⁴ Digestive Endoscopy, Digestive System Unit, University Hospital - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
⁵ Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine Department - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil; Gastroenterology Division, Digestive System Unit, University Hospital - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.

PMID: 37989674
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajg.2023.10.003

Abstract

Intestinal perforation is described in coeliac disease in the setting of refractoriness or Enteropathy-Associated T-cell Lymphoma (EATL). We report the case of a man with untreated coeliac disease who presented intestinal perforation and was diagnosed with EATL over one year later.

Keywords: Coeliac disease; Enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma; Intestinal perforation; Lymphoma; Malnutrition.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Celiac Disease* / complications
Celiac Disease* / diagnosis
Enteropathy-Associated T-Cell Lymphoma* / diagnosis
Enteropathy-Associated T-Cell Lymphoma* / pathology
Humans
Intestinal Perforation* / diagnosis
Intestinal Perforation* / etiology
Male