Case Report

Geriatric Celiac Disease: An Overlooked Diagnosis

Volume: 13 Number: 1 March 11, 2019
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Geriatric Celiac Disease: An Overlooked Diagnosis

Abstract

Celiac disease is a common immune-mediated enteropathy with a prevalence of 1% in general population. It is mostly identified in early adulthood, therefore the diagnosis of new-onset celiac disease in the geriatric population can be challenging. Herein we report a case of celiac disease in a 73 years old geriatric patient who was referred with haematinic deficiency and macrocytic anemia. This rare case will help to raise awareness of celiac disease in geriatric patients and diagnostic processes among family physicians. Also, we emphasize the importance of gastrointestinal tract evaluation for older patients presented with anemia.

 


 

Çölyak hastalığı %1 prevelansı ile yaygın görülen immün-aracılı bir enteropatidir. Genellikle çocukluk ve genç erişkinlik döneminde tanı aldığı için; daha nadir görülen yaşlı nüfusta Çölyak hastalığı tanısı gözden kaçabilmekte ve zorlukla konabilmektedir. 73 yaşında makroskopik hafif anemi ile başvuran ve Çölyak hastalığı tanısı konan geriatrik hastamızı sunuyoruz. Bu nadir vaka ile aile hekimliği pratiğinde karşılaşılabilecek geriatrik Çölyak hastalarına tanısal yaklaşımdaki farkındalığı arttırmayı ve anemi ile başvuran yaşlı hastalarda gastrointestinal değerlendirmenin önemini vurgulamayı hedefledik. 

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

​Internal Diseases

Journal Section

Case Report

Authors

Taner Akyol This is me
Türkiye

Muammer Kara This is me
Türkiye

Yusuf Yazgan This is me
Türkiye

Publication Date

March 11, 2019

Submission Date

May 16, 2018

Acceptance Date

July 10, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 13 Number: 1

APA
Düzenli, T., Tanoğlu, A., Akyol, T., Kara, M., & Yazgan, Y. (2019). Geriatric Celiac Disease: An Overlooked Diagnosis. Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 13(1), 100-102. https://doi.org/10.21763/tjfmpc.528056
AMA
1.Düzenli T, Tanoğlu A, Akyol T, Kara M, Yazgan Y. Geriatric Celiac Disease: An Overlooked Diagnosis. TJFMPC. 2019;13(1):100-102. doi:10.21763/tjfmpc.528056
Chicago
Düzenli, Tolga, Alpaslan Tanoğlu, Taner Akyol, Muammer Kara, and Yusuf Yazgan. 2019. “Geriatric Celiac Disease: An Overlooked Diagnosis”. Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 13 (1): 100-102. https://doi.org/10.21763/tjfmpc.528056.
EndNote
Düzenli T, Tanoğlu A, Akyol T, Kara M, Yazgan Y (March 1, 2019) Geriatric Celiac Disease: An Overlooked Diagnosis. Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 13 1 100–102.
IEEE
[1]T. Düzenli, A. Tanoğlu, T. Akyol, M. Kara, and Y. Yazgan, “Geriatric Celiac Disease: An Overlooked Diagnosis”, TJFMPC, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 100–102, Mar. 2019, doi: 10.21763/tjfmpc.528056.
ISNAD
Düzenli, Tolga - Tanoğlu, Alpaslan - Akyol, Taner - Kara, Muammer - Yazgan, Yusuf. “Geriatric Celiac Disease: An Overlooked Diagnosis”. Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 13/1 (March 1, 2019): 100-102. https://doi.org/10.21763/tjfmpc.528056.
JAMA
1.Düzenli T, Tanoğlu A, Akyol T, Kara M, Yazgan Y. Geriatric Celiac Disease: An Overlooked Diagnosis. TJFMPC. 2019;13:100–102.
MLA
Düzenli, Tolga, et al. “Geriatric Celiac Disease: An Overlooked Diagnosis”. Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, vol. 13, no. 1, Mar. 2019, pp. 100-2, doi:10.21763/tjfmpc.528056.
Vancouver
1.Tolga Düzenli, Alpaslan Tanoğlu, Taner Akyol, Muammer Kara, Yusuf Yazgan. Geriatric Celiac Disease: An Overlooked Diagnosis. TJFMPC. 2019 Mar. 1;13(1):100-2. doi:10.21763/tjfmpc.528056

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