Coeiliac Disease

Question 1

Histological features in coeliac disease ?

Answer 1

Reduced Villi

Question 2

Which nail changes would be expected in a ppt with Coeliac Disease ?

Answer 2

Koilonychia - spooning of nails

Question 3

Coeliac disease + night sweats + fever + diarrhoea

• bilateral inguinal lymphadenopathy
• raised tissue transglutaminase (TTG) antibody

Answer 3

enteropathy-associated T cell lymphoma

Coeliac disease increases the risk of developing enteropathy-associated T cell lymphoma

Question 4

management of coeliac disease

Answer 4

1) gluten free diet
2) vaccination against the pneumococcal infection

everyone with coeliac disease is vaccinated against pneumococcal infection as there is a risk of hyposplenism. (lack of spleen function)

Question 5

Histology of coeliac disease:

Answer 5

Histology of coeliac disease: villous atrophy, raised intra-epithelial lymphocytes, and crypt hyperplasia

Question 6

Patients with type 1 diabetes or autoimmune thyroid disease should be screened for

Answer 6

coeliac disease on diagnosis