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Monday, August 15, 2011
From Latin for Glue
Challenge: What has this patient been eating?
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Glue in Latin is "gluten," the offending agent in Celiac disease. The first image shows dermatitis herpetiformis, erythematous papules, vesicles, or bullae that itch and burn intensely. The second image is a duodenoscopy showing scalloping of folds and "cracked-mud" appearance of mucosa. The third image shows blunting of villi, crypt hyperplasia, and lymphocyte infiltration. All these are consistent with celiac disease or gluten-sensitive enteropathy.
It is coeliac disease
ReplyDeleteceliac w/ dermatitis herpetiformis, blunting of villi?
ReplyDeletewheat -- he's got celiac disease.
ReplyDeletedermatits herpetiformis from a gluten allergy
ReplyDeletenice!
ReplyDelete-
From Latin for Glue
Glue in Latin is "gluten," the offending agent in Celiac disease. The first image shows dermatitis herpetiformis, erythematous papules, vesicles, or bullae that itch and burn intensely. The second image is a duodenoscopy showing scalloping of folds and "cracked-mud" appearance of mucosa. The third image shows blunting of villi, crypt hyperplasia, and lymphocyte infiltration. All these are consistent with celiac disease or gluten-sensitive enteropathy.
Sources: UpToDate; Wikipedia; MedlinePlus.