title: Association of celiac disease with aplastic anemia.
abstract: The authors report a case of 13-y-old boy who presented with pain in bilateral knee and ankle joints accompanied by petechiae all over the body and hematochezia. On investigation, he had pancytopenia, which on subsequent evaluation revealed aplastic anemia. On investigation for short stature, he was diagnosed as a case of celiac disease. He was started on gluten free diet and the counts improved over 8 mo. Association between aplastic anemia and celiac disease has rarely been reported. To the best of authors' knowledge only 8 adult cases of celiac disease associated with aplastic anemia have been published. This is the first report to suggest an association in children and response to a gluten free diet.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College and associated Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, New Delhi 110001, India. dranugulati@gmail.com
authors: Anu
authors: A
authors: Maheshwari
authors: Nilay
authors: N
authors: Nirupam
authors: Satinder
authors: S
authors: Aneja
authors: Rajesh
authors: R
authors: Meena
authors: Jagdish
authors: J
authors: Chandra
authors: Praveen
authors: P
authors: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000741:Anemia, Aplastic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D055050:Diet, Gluten-Free; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male