An unusual presentation of celiac disease in adult patient

Refka Frioui; Anissa Zaouak; Amal Chamli; Raja Jouini; Samy Fenniche; Houda Hammami

doi:10.1002/ccr3.6437

An unusual presentation of celiac disease in adult patient

Clin Case Rep. 2022 Oct 8;10(10):e6437. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.6437. eCollection 2022 Oct.

Authors

Refka Frioui¹, Anissa Zaouak^{1

2}, Amal Chamli^{1

2}, Raja Jouini^{1

2}, Samy Fenniche^{1

2}, Houda Hammami^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology Habib Thameur Hospital of Tunis Tunis Tunisia.
² Department of Pathology Habib Thameur Hospital of Tunis Tunis Tunisia.

Abstract

Pyoderma gangrenosum is among the exceptional extra-intestinal manifestations of celiac disease. We report a case of a 52-year-old patient who presented with pyoderma gangrenosum that turned out to be the initial presentation of celiac disease.

Keywords: celiac disease; extra‐intestinal manifestations; pyoderma gangrenosum.

Publication types

Case Reports