title: Celiac disease and fulminant T lymphoma detected too late in a 35-year-old female patient: case report.
abstract: Celiac disease is the most common chronic gastroenterological autoimmune disease characterized by gluten intolerance. The diagnosis of celiac disease and enteropathy-associated T cell lymphoma is often made when it is too late.Case report describes a 35-year-old female patient managed for one year under the diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease and admitted to our hospital for exacerbation of the underlying disease. However, inflammatory bowel disease was ruled out by diagnostic work-up, while the clinical picture and the findings obtained raised suspicion of lymphoma. The patient's condition was additionally complicated by fulminant course of the disease and ileus.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Early diagnosis and appropriate treatment of the disease, and follow up of family members are crucial to prevent intestinal lymphoma development.
authors.affiliation: Department of gastroenterology, Clinical Hospital "Sveti Duh", University Department of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: Marinko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marušić
authors.forename: Saša
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gulić
authors.forename: Slavko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gašparov
authors.forename: Ante
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bilić
authors.forename: Dragan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jurčić
authors.forename: Branimir
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vučković
authors.forename: Gabrijela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stanić
authors.forename: Krešimir
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Luetić
authors.forename: Anto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dominković
authors.forename: Tena
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sučić
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D057210:Delayed Diagnosis; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D058527:Enteropathy-Associated T-Cell Lymphoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D045823:Ileus / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors