Adult celiac disease and hypertransaminasemia.
Rev Esp Enferm Dig
; 92(2): 78-85, 2000 Feb.
Article
em En, Es
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10757865
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
to determine the incidence of hypertransaminasemia in adult patients with celiac disease with or without relevant chronic liver disease, and to evaluate the response after a gluten-free diet. PATIENTS ANDMETHODS:
retrospective study of 20 cases of adult celiac disease (> 14 years old at diagnosis). Patients were included in the study if they fulfilled the revised EPSGAN criteria. If laboratory tests of liver function revealed alterations, hepatitis B and C viral serology, thyroid hormones, and use of alcohol and drugs were investigated, and liver ultrasound scans were done. Liver biopsy and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography were done only in patients for whom these studies were considered necessary.RESULTS:
ten patients had hypertransaminasemia (50%), ascribed to benzodiazepine use in 1 patient, chronic HCV hepatitis in 1, and celiac disease in 8. In all of these last patients except 1 (benzodiazepine use), laboratory values returned to normal after 4-10 months on a gluten-free diet.CONCLUSIONS:
celiac disease was frequently associated with hypertransaminasemia. In most patients transaminase levels returned to normal within 1 year after dietary gluten intake was restricted. If alterations in laboratory values persist, other causes that may be related (e.g., autoimmunity or tumors) or unrelated to celiac disease (e.g., virus) must be ruled out.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doença Celíaca
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Transaminases
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Hepatopatias
Tipo de estudo:
Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
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Es
Revista:
Rev Esp Enferm Dig
Assunto da revista:
GASTROENTEROLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2000
Tipo de documento:
Article