Co-existence of celiac disease and eosinophilic esophagitis: Is it a coincidence for the two diseases?

Volume: 54 Number: 4 December 1, 2015
  • Yeliz Çağan Appak
  • Semin Ayhan
  • Erhun Kasırga
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Co-existence of celiac disease and eosinophilic esophagitis: Is it a coincidence for the two diseases?

Abstract

Celiac disease and eosinophilic esophagitis are usually considered to be separate gastrointestinal diseases; however, it appears that they may coexist more often than would be expected. We report the case of a 5-year-old girl who had positive celiac serology and was assessed as having type 3c celiac disease according to the Marsh classification with endoscopic pathology. However, the patient's eosinophils were more than 100 per high-power field in esophageal mucosal biopsy specimens and she was evaluated as having eosinophilic esophagitis as well. The relationship between celiac disease and eosinophilic esophagitis is not clear. Nevertheless, coexistence of eosinophilic esophagitis needs to be considered in children with celiac disease.

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Turkish

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Yeliz Çağan Appak

Semin Ayhan

Erhun Kasırga

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December 1, 2015

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December 1, 2015

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Year 2015 Volume: 54 Number: 4

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https://doi.org/10.19161/etd.344161

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https://izlik.org/JA86TD88PM

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1.Yeliz Çağan Appak, Semin Ayhan, Erhun Kasırga. Çölyak hastalığı ve eozinofilik özefajit birlikteliği: Bu iki hastalık için bir tesadüf mü? EJM. 2015 Dec. 1;54(4):193-5. doi:10.19161/etd.344161

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