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*Mucosa erosions are rare in celiac sprue; should prompt consideration of an alternate diagnosis (infection, medications, Crohn's disease). | *Mucosa erosions are rare in celiac sprue; should prompt consideration of an alternate diagnosis (infection, medications, Crohn's disease). | ||
*Biagi ''et al.''<ref name=pmid15280404>{{cite journal |author=Biagi F, Luinetti O, Campanella J, ''et al.'' |title=Intraepithelial lymphocytes in the villous tip: do they indicate potential coeliac disease? |journal=J. Clin. Pathol. |volume=57 |issue=8 |pages=835–9 |year=2004 |month=August |pmid=15280404 |pmc=1770380 |doi=10.1136/jcp.2003.013607 |url=}}</ref> count twenty cells in five (villi) tips. | *Biagi ''et al.''<ref name=pmid15280404>{{cite journal |author=Biagi F, Luinetti O, Campanella J, ''et al.'' |title=Intraepithelial lymphocytes in the villous tip: do they indicate potential coeliac disease? |journal=J. Clin. Pathol. |volume=57 |issue=8 |pages=835–9 |year=2004 |month=August |pmid=15280404 |pmc=1770380 |doi=10.1136/jcp.2003.013607 |url=}}</ref> count twenty cells in five (villi) tips. | ||
===DDx=== | |||
*[[Giardiasis]]. | |||
**Have giardia organisms. | |||
**Always consider ''Giardiasis'' and especially on exams. | |||
*[[Whipple's disease]] (very rare). | |||
**Abundant macrophages should make one suspicious. | |||
*[[Autoimmune enteropathy]]. | |||
**Super duper rare. | |||
===Refractory sprue=== | ===Refractory sprue=== | ||
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*Villous atrophy can be assessed endoscopically.<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> | *Villous atrophy can be assessed endoscopically.<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> | ||
==IHC== | ==IHC== | ||