Suspected Celiac Disease - Diagnosis Algorithm
Celiac disease suspected:
• Signs and symptoms of celiac disease
• First-degree relatives with celiac disease
• Iron-deficiency anemia unresponsive to treatment
• Elevated liver enzymes without discernable cause
• Signs of osteoporosis in young individual
• Individuals with autoimmune thyroiditis, hepatitis, T1DM, Addisons, microscopic colitis
Differential for villous atrophy:
• Celiac disease
• Autoimmune
• CVID
• Medications (NSAlDs, ARBs)
• Infection (giardia, tropical sprue, whipple)
• Inflammatory (IBD, eosinophilic enteritis, collagenous sprue)
• Lymphoma
• High acid
Matthew Ho, MD PhD @MatthewHoMD
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