title: [Celiac crisis with quadriplegia due to potassium depletion as presenting feature of celiac disease].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Adult coeliac disease revealed by coeliac crisis and quadriplegia due to potassium depletion is an extremely rare situation.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 26-year-old woman presented with a suddenly developed weakness of all four limbs and a severe diarrhea. Authors emphasize coeliac crisis, which is a presenting feature of coeliac disease, characterized by acute diarrhea with life-threatening acid base and electrolyte abnormalities. The patient improved with correction of hypokalemia and gluten-free diet.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A severe acute diarrhea with metabolic and systemic complications, the so-called coeliac crisis, is a possible presenting clinical feature of a previously undiagnosed adult celiac disease.
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine interne, hôpital militaire d'instruction Mohammed V, Rabat, Maroc.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Atikou
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rabhi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hidani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: El Alaoui Faris
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Toloune
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000178:diet therapy; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D055050:Diet, Gluten-Free; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000150:complications / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000209:etiology*