Chronic urticaria and celiac disease: a case report.
We describe a case of a 9-year-old girl who presented chronic urticaria associated with celiac disease. The prevalence of the manifestation of chronic urticaria in celiac disease is unknown but increase in atopic immunologic disorders has been reported in the setting of gluten enteropathy. Relationship between the clinical manifestations is not clear. The present case of subclinical celiac disease diagnosis in an otherwise asymptomatic child with chronic urticaria further reinforces the evidence that differential for celiac disease warrants to be always considered in children with refractory urticaria.
Peroni
Diego G
DG
Clinica Pediatrica Università di Verona, Verona, Italy. peroni.diego@tiscalinet.it
Paiola
Giulia
G
Tenero
Laura
L
Fornaro
Martina
M
Bodini
Alessandro
A
Pollini
Federica
F
Piacentini
Giorgio L
GL
D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D014581:Urticaria / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology