[Celiac disease is a 33-year-old man with periodic disease]

Eksp Klin Gastroenterol. 2012:(3):114-7.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The article presents a clinical case of a 33-year-old Armenian man, who suffered from two rare diseases: Familial Mediterranean fever and celiac. The diagnosis of Familial Mediterranean fever: abdominal-feverish form, is confirmed by genetic markers. The morphological study of duodenal mucosa's specimens confirms the celiac.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Celiac Disease / complications*
  • Celiac Disease / diagnosis
  • Celiac Disease / pathology
  • Cytoskeletal Proteins / genetics
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Duodenum / pathology
  • Familial Mediterranean Fever / complications*
  • Familial Mediterranean Fever / diagnosis
  • Familial Mediterranean Fever / genetics
  • Genetic Markers
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Mucosa / pathology
  • Male
  • Pyrin

Substances

  • Cytoskeletal Proteins
  • Genetic Markers
  • MEFV protein, human
  • Pyrin