title: Unintentional weight loss in a renal transplant recipient: do not overlook coeliac disease.
abstract: Unintentional weight loss in a renal transplant recipient is an important condition, requiring diagnostic search within the framework of malignancy and opportunistic infections. To the best of our knowledge, there are no data in the literature reporting underlying coeliac disease as the cause of significant weight loss after renal transplant. We report a 32-year-old woman, who complained of significant weight loss during the 3.5 years posttransplant. Diagnostic work-up revealed coeliac disease, and a gluten-free diet stabilized her weight loss. Considering the high frequency of coeliac disease, this should be kept in the differential diagnosis of renal transplant recipients presented with weight loss and other suggestive features.
authors.affiliation: Selcuk University, Meram School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Meram, Konya, Turkey. yalcinsolakmd@gmail.com
authors.forename: Yalcin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Solak
authors.forename: Abduzhappar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gaipov
authors.forename: Zeynep
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Biyik
authors.forename: Ramazan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ucar
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Biyik
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Esen
authors.forename: Huseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ataseven
authors.forename: Suleyman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Turk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D055050:Diet, Gluten-Free; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009394:Nephritis, Hereditary / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015431:Weight Loss