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| ==Celiac sprue== | | ==Celiac sprue== |
| {{main|Celiac sprue}} | | {{main|Celiac sprue}} |
| ===General===
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| *Etiology: autoimmune.
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| ====Epidemiology====
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| *Associated with:
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| **The skin condition ''[[dermatitis herpetiformis]]''.<ref>TN 2007 D22</ref>
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| **IgA deficiency - 10-15X more common in celiac disease vs. healthy controls.<ref name=pmid12414763>{{Cite journal | last1 = Kumar | first1 = V. | last2 = Jarzabek-Chorzelska | first2 = M. | last3 = Sulej | first3 = J. | last4 = Karnewska | first4 = K. | last5 = Farrell | first5 = T. | last6 = Jablonska | first6 = S. | title = Celiac disease and immunoglobulin a deficiency: how effective are the serological methods of diagnosis? | journal = Clin Diagn Lab Immunol | volume = 9 | issue = 6 | pages = 1295-300 | month = Nov | year = 2002 | doi = | PMID = 12414763 }}</ref>
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| **Risk factor for ''gastrointestinal T cell lymphoma'' - known as: ''enteropathy-associated T cell lymphoma'' (EATL).
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| ====Clinical====
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| Treatment:
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| *Gluten free diet.
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| **''Mnemonic'': BROW = barley, rye, oats, wheat.
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| Serologic testing:
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| *Anti-transglutaminase antibody.
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| **Alternative test: anti-endomysial antibody.
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| *IgA -- assoc. with celiac sprue.
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| ===Microscopic===
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| Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD843>{{Ref PBoD|843}}</ref>
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| *Intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) - '''key feature'''.
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| **Should be more pronounced at tips of villi.<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>
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| **Criteria for number varies:
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| *** > 40 IELs / 100 enterocytes (epithelial cells).<ref name=pmid10524652>{{cite journal |author=Oberhuber G, Granditsch G, Vogelsang H |title=The histopathology of coeliac disease: time for a standardized report scheme for pathologists |journal=Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol |volume=11 |issue=10 |pages=1185–94 |year=1999 |month=October |pmid=10524652 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
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| *** > 25 IELs / 100 enterocytes (epithelial cells).<ref name=pmid17544877>{{cite journal |author=Corazza GR, Villanacci V, Zambelli C, ''et al.'' |title=Comparison of the interobserver reproducibility with different histologic criteria used in celiac disease |journal=Clin. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. |volume=5 |issue=7 |pages=838–43 |year=2007 |month=July |pmid=17544877 |doi=10.1016/j.cgh.2007.03.019 |url=}}</ref>
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| *Loss of villi - '''important feature'''.
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| **Normal duodenal biopsy should have 3 good villi.
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| *Plasma cells - abundant (weak feature).
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| *Macrophages.
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| *Mitosis increased (in the crypts).
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| *+/-Collagen band (pink material in mucosa) - "Collagenous sprue"; must encompass ~25% of mucosa.
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| Image:
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| *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coeliac_path.jpg Celiac sprue (WC)].
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| Notes:
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| *If you see acute inflammatory cells, i.e. neutrophils, consider Giardiasis and other infectious etiologies.
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| *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.
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| *Flat lesions without IELs are unlikely to be celiac sprue.
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| *Mucosa erosions are rare in celiac sprue; should prompt consideration of an alternate diagnosis (infection, medications, Crohn's disease).
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| ===Grading===
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| Rarely done - see ''[[celiac sprue]]'' article.
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| ==Giardiasis== | | ==Giardiasis== |