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==Getting started==
==Getting started==
===PGY-2 DDx===
*Celiac.
*Celiac.
**Intraepithelial lymphocytes - '''key feature'''.
**Intraepithelial lymphocytes - '''key feature'''.
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**Too much blue and epithelium in the wrong place.
**Too much blue and epithelium in the wrong place.


===Duodenal nodules===
===Duodenal nodules DDX===
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===Features of normal===
===Normal duodenum===
*Three tall villi.
*Three tall villi.
*Few intraepithelial lymphocytes; < 1 lymphocyte / 4 epithelial cells.
*Few intraepithelial lymphocytes; < 1 lymphocyte / 4 epithelial cells.
*No subepithelial collagen band.
*No (pink) subepithelial collagen band.
*Predominant lamina propria cell: plasma cells.
*Predominant lamina propria cell: plasma cells.
**Lack of plasma cells suggests ''common variable immunodeficiency'' (CVID).<ref name=pmid20629103>{{cite journal |author=Agarwal S, Smereka P, Harpaz N, Cunningham-Rundles C, Mayer L |title=Characterization of immunologic defects in patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) with intestinal disease |journal=Inflamm Bowel Dis |volume= |issue= |pages= |year=2010 |month=July |pmid=20629103 |doi=10.1002/ibd.21376 |url=}}</ref>
**Lack of plasma cells suggests ''common variable immunodeficiency'' (CVID).<ref name=pmid20629103>{{cite journal |author=Agarwal S, Smereka P, Harpaz N, Cunningham-Rundles C, Mayer L |title=Characterization of immunologic defects in patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) with intestinal disease |journal=Inflamm Bowel Dis |volume= |issue= |pages= |year=2010 |month=July |pmid=20629103 |doi=10.1002/ibd.21376 |url=}}</ref>
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==Celiac sprue==
==Celiac sprue==
===Etiology===
===General===
====Etiology====
*Autoimmune.
*Autoimmune.


===Serology===
====Epidemiology====
*Anti-transglutaminase antibody.
**Alternative test: anti-endomysial antibody.
 
===Epidemiology===
*Associated with:
*Associated with:
**The skin condition ''[[dermatitis herpetiformis]]''.<ref>TN 2007 D22</ref>
**The skin condition ''[[dermatitis herpetiformis]]''.<ref>TN 2007 D22</ref>
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**Risk factor for ''gastrointestinal T cell lymphoma'' - known as: ''enteropathy-associated T cell lymphoma'' (EATL).
**Risk factor for ''gastrointestinal T cell lymphoma'' - known as: ''enteropathy-associated T cell lymphoma'' (EATL).


===Histology===
====Treatment====
*Gluten free diet.
**''Mnemonic'': BROW = barley, rye, oats, wheat.
 
====Serologic testing====
*Anti-transglutaminase antibody.
**Alternative test: anti-endomysial antibody.
*IgA -- assoc. with celiac sprue.
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD843>{{Ref PBoD|843}}</ref>
Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD843>{{Ref PBoD|843}}</ref>
*Enteritis.  
*Enteritis.  
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**Plasma cells.
**Plasma cells.
**Macrophages.  
**Macrophages.  
*Loss of villi - '''key feature'''.
*Loss of villi - '''important feature'''.
**Normal duodenal biopsy should have 3 good villi.
**Normal duodenal biopsy should have 3 good villi.
*Mitosis increased (in the crypts).
*Mitosis increased (in the crypts).
Image:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coeliac_path.jpg Celiac sprue (WC)].


Notes:  
Notes:  
*If you see acute inflammatory cells consider Giardiasis.
*If you see acute inflammatory cells, i.e. neutrophils, consider Giardiasis and other infectious etiologies.
*Biopsy should consist of 2-3 sites.  In children it is important to sample the duodenal cap, as it is the only affected site in ~10% of cases.


===Treatment===
DDx:
*Gluten free diet.
**''Mnemonic'': BROW = barley, rye, oats, wheat.
 
===DDx===
*Giardiasis.
*Giardiasis.
**Have giarrdia organisms.
**Have giarrdia organisms.
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*Whipple's disease (very rare).
*Whipple's disease (very rare).
**Abundant macrophages should make one suspicious.
**Abundant macrophages should make one suspicious.
===Grading===
Most pathologists do not grade celiac sprue.
The most common system is the ''modified Marsh system'':<ref name=pmid12145668>{{cite journal |author=Wahab PJ, Meijer JW, Dumitra D, Goerres MS, Mulder CJ |title=Coeliac disease: more than villous atrophy |journal=Rom J Gastroenterol |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=121–7 |year=2002 |month=June |pmid=12145668 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name=pmid20844959>{{cite journal |author=Ciaccio EJ, Bhagat G, Tennyson CA, Lewis SK, Hernandez L, Green PH |title=Quantitative Assessment of Endoscopic Images for Degree of Villous Atrophy in Celiac Disease |journal=Dig Dis Sci |volume= |issue= |pages= |year=2010 |month=September |pmid=20844959 |doi=10.1007/s10620-010-1371-6 |url=}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|
| '''Marsh 1'''
| '''Marsh 3A'''
| '''Marsh 3C'''
|-
| Descriptors
| Well-formed villi
| Partial villous atrophy
| Total villous atrophy
|-
| Alternate descriptors
| Normal villous arch.
| Blunted villi
| Flattened mucosa
|}


==Giardiasis==
==Giardiasis==
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