Celiac crisis with hypokalemic paralysis in a young lady.
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ABSTRACT
Celiac crisis presents as severe acute diarrhea with life-threatening metabolic derangement in a patient with celiac disease. We report a 30-year-old lady who was admitted with one-month history of worsening small bowel-type diarrhea. She developed acute quadriparesis due to refractory hypokalemia. Celiac disease was diagnosed on the basis of positive serology and histological features. She improved with aggressive correction of hypokalemia and gluten-free diet. Celiac crisis is a rare presentation of this heterogeneous disease in adulthood.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Paralysis
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Female
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Humans
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Celiac Disease
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Treatment Outcome
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Adult
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Hypokalemia
Language:
English
Year:
2006
Type:
Article
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