Coeliac crisis presenting with cytomegalovirus hepatitis.
We present the case of a 23-year-old woman who presented with cytomegalovirus infection complicated by pancytopaenia, haemolysis and disseminated intravascular coagulopathy on a background diagnosis of coeliac crisis as the first presentation of coeliac disease. This is the first reported case of coeliac crisis presenting as cytomegalovirus infection.
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Department of Gastroenterology, St Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny, Ireland.
Cullen
Garret
G
Aftab
Abdur Rahman
AR
Courtney
Garry
G
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications*