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Celiac Disease Presenting as Acute Pancreatitis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Mutaz Sultan1*, Maher Shahrour1, Rose Abdel Haleem1 and Thomas Ciecierega2
1Makassed Hospital, Alquds University, Medical College, Palestine
2New York Presbyterian, Weill Cornell Medical College, USA
- *Corresponding Author:
- Mutaz Sultan MD
Makassed Hospital, Alquds University
Medical College, Palestine
Tel: 00972543251282
Fax: 0097226288392
E-mail: drmutazsultan@gmail.com
Received date: September 04, 2015 Accepted date: September 22, 2015 Published date: September 29, 2015
Citation: Sultan M, Shahrour M, Haleem RA, Ciecierega T (2015) Celiac Disease Presenting as Acute Pancreatitis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. J Gastrointest Dig Syst 5:344. doi:10.4172/2161-069X.1000344
Copyright: © 2015 Sultan M, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
A 12-year-old girl presented with acute abdominal pain and vomiting. Raised serum amylase with the radiological findings supported a diagnosis of acute pancreatitis. Subsequent investigation confirmed celiac disease. Very few children with celiac disease present with an acute pancreatitis. The mechanism by which celiac disease is associated with pancreatitis is discussed here.
