Simultaneous occurrence of adult celiac disease and lymphocytic thyroiditis.
A 28-year-old woman evaluated for paresthesias, chronic diarrhea, and an enlarged thyroid gland proved to have celiac sprue and lymphocytic thyroiditis. The immunopathologic similarities of these two disorders may be more than coincidental.
D000328:Adult; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008221:Lymphoid Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D013966:Thyroiditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology