Author/Authors :
Azzam, Nahla Ali King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre - Section of Gastroenterology,Section of Anatomic Pathology - Department of Medicine, Saudi Arabia , Al Ashgar, Hamad King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre - Section of Gastroenterology, Section of Anatomic Pathology - Department of Medicine, Saudi Arabia , Dababo, Mohammed King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre - Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Saudi Arabia , Al Kahtani, Nora King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre - Section of Gastroenterology, Section of Anatomic Pathology - Department of Medicine, Saudi Arabia , Shahid, Mushtaq King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre - Section of Gastroenterology,Section of Anatomic Pathology - Department of Medicine, Saudi Arabia
Abstract :
Celiac disease (gluten sensitive enteropathy) is an immune reaction to wheat gluten and related proteins in genetically predisposed individuals leading to malabsorption, intestinal and extraintestinal manifestations. Thromboembolic phenomena have been reported with celiac disease at times. Mesenteric vein thrombosis accounts for 5 to 15 percent of all mesenteric ischemia commonly secondary to a hypercoagulablestate. We report on previously healthy woman with celiac disease that remained undiagnosed for many years and who presented with mesenteric vein thrombosis.
