A clinical case of celiac disease and ulcerative colitis in a child
- Authors: Kamalova A.A.1,2, Garina G.A.1, Yakupova G.M.2, Kuznetsova A.G.2, Nizamova R.A.2, Mingacheva N.R.2
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Affiliations:
- Kazan State Medical University
- Children’s Republican Clinical Hospital
- Issue: Vol 32, No 1 (2025)
- Pages: 20-24
- Section: Pediatria
- URL: https://journals.eco-vector.com/2073-4034/article/view/679897
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18565/pharmateca.2025.1.20-24
- ID: 679897
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Abstract
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and celiac disease are autoimmune diseases. For the manifestation of these diseases, an external trigger activating the pathological reaction of the immune system is necessary. Such clinical manifestations as diarrhea or constipation, delayed physical development and recurrent abdominal pain syndrome can occur both in IBD and celiac disease. Patients with celiac disease, especially those who do not show positive dynamics on a gluten-free diet, are examined for the possible presence of IBD, since these two conditions can coexist. At the same time, if pathogenetic therapy for IBD is insufficiently effective (dyspeptic disorders and protein-energy malnutrition persist), celiac disease must also be excluded. This article describes a clinical case of celiac disease in an adolescent with a previously verified diagnosis of ulcerative colitis.
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Aelita A. Kamalova
Kazan State Medical University; Children’s Republican Clinical Hospital
Email: aelitakamalova@gmail.com
Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor of the Department of Hospital Pediatrics
Russian Federation, Kazan; KazanGalina A. Garina
Kazan State Medical University
Author for correspondence.
Email: galinagalina.gala@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4333-8779
SPIN-code: 9227-1828
Postgraduate Student, Department of Hospital Pediatrics
Russian Federation, KazanGulnara M. Yakupova
Children’s Republican Clinical Hospital
Email: gulnara66doc@gmail.com
Head of the Gastroenterology Department
Russian Federation, UfaAnastasia G. Kuznetsova
Children’s Republican Clinical Hospital
Email: stsi2008@rambler.ru
Pathologist
Russian Federation, UfaRailya A. Nizamova
Children’s Republican Clinical Hospital
Email: nizamova.railya@gmail.com
Head of the Diagnostic Department, Pediatrician, Gastroenterologist
Russian Federation, UfaNailya R. Mingacheva
Children’s Republican Clinical Hospital
Email: Nelya-min@yandex.ru
Resident Physician, Department of Hospital Pediatrics
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