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Celiac disease: small-bowel enteroclysis findings in adult patients treated with a gluten-free diet.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8939235     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
PURPOSE: To correlate the radiologic, histopathologic, and clinical findings in patients with celiac disease after treatment with a glutenfree diet. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Pretreatment and follow-up enteroclysis radiographs from 15 adult patients with known celiac disease were reviewed. Diagnosis of celiac disease was made at adult age. Changes in small-bowel morphology were determined by comparing enteroclysis findings before and after treatment with a gluten-free diet and were correlated with histopathologic and clinical findings. RESULTS: Eight of 15 patients (group I) showed increased small-bowel abnormalities. All patients had increased symptoms, and all but one, whose condition had deteriorated, showed stable disease at biopsy. Group II patients (five of 15) showed improvement at follow-up enteroclysis. Biopsy findings showed improvement in small-bowel morphology in four patients and no change in one. Clinically, four patients showed improvement, and one had stable disease. Group III patients (two of 15) showed no change from initial to follow-up enteroclysis. Both showed partial atrophy, which was consistent with biopsy findings. In all patients, clinical symptoms correlated better with enteroclysis results (r = .48; P < .005) than they did with follow-up biopsy results (r = .18). True celiac disease-related malignancies and coexisting tumors occurred in 10 of 15 patients. CONCLUSION: Enteroclysis appears to be more reliable than does biopsy in evaluation of response to a gluten-free diet in adults with celiac disease.
Authors:
H C van den Bosch; R T Tjon a Tham; A W Gooszen; J M Fauquenot-Nollen; C B Lamers
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Radiology     Volume:  201     ISSN:  0033-8419     ISO Abbreviation:  Radiology     Publication Date:  1996 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1996-12-26     Completed Date:  1996-12-26     Revised Date:  2008-11-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0401260     Medline TA:  Radiology     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  803-8     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Catharina Ziekenhuis, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aged
Atrophy
Barium Sulfate / administration & dosage,  diagnostic use
Celiac Disease* / diet therapy,  pathology,  radiography
Follow-Up Studies
Glutens / administration & dosage*
Humans
Intestines / pathology
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
7727-43-7/Barium Sulfate; 8002-80-0/Glutens

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