Coeliac disease presenting as recurrent pericarditis.
Recurrent pericarditis was the presenting feature in two patients with coeliac disease. Treatment with a gluten-free diet led to clinical and electrocardiographic improvement of the pericarditis.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000178:diet therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012008:Recurrence