title: [Recurrent bowel intussusception and celiac disease].
abstract: We report a 1-year-old girl with acute abdominal pain. Clinical examination revealed distended abdomen with increased intestinal peristalsis without other pathologic signs. Ultrasound of the abdomen showed a small bowel intussusception. Seven days later, after a new episode of sudden acute abdominal pain, ultrasound revealed a new bowel intussusception. Ig A and Ig G antigliadin-antibodies were elevated and intestinal biopsy revealed total villous atrophy. After being placed on a gluten-free diet the girl was free of colicky complaints and on repeated ultrasound there was no sign of intussusception. With recurrent intussusception, celiac disease should be considered as a cause.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves. Centro Materno-Infantil. Departamento de Pediatría. Granada.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: López Medina
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: González Hervás
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cara Mariscal
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fernández Abril
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ortega Martos
mesh_terms: D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007443:Intussusception / Q000150:complications*; D012008:Recurrence