Nasal septal perforation in a patient with subclinical celiac disease: a possible new association
2005
A female patient presented with nasal septal perforation that did not respond to conventional therapeutic management. Later, because of a malabsorption problem in one of her children, she underwent analytic tests and distal duodenal biopsy, which revealed that she was suffering from subclinical/silent celiac disease. The treatment, a gluten-free diet, unexpectedly resulted in the cessation of the destructive nasal process. Four years later, the patient remains asymptomatic. Nasal septal perforation might constitute a new entity associated with celiac disease hitherto not described in the literature.
Keywords:
- Correction
- Source
- Cite
- Save
- Machine Reading By IdeaReader
17
References
8
Citations
NaN
KQI