title: Arthritis as presenting symptom in silent adult coeliac disease. Two cases and review of the literature.
abstract: We report 2 cases of adult silent coeliac disease (CD) presenting with arthritis of a knee and a sacro-iliac joint, respectively. In both patients the arthritis was relieved on a gluten free diet. The literature on arthritis in adult CD is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen County Hospital Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Slot
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Locht
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001168:Arthritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint; D017116:Low Back Pain; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012446:Sacroiliac Joint