sprue / celiac disease

• gluten enteropathy
  • celiac disease (kids), nontropical sprue (adults)
  • hypersensitivity to gluten
  • tx: remove gluten from diet

• tropical sprue
  • clinically & radiologically similar to nontropical sprue
  • tx: folate, B-12, antibiotics

• a/w ** transient intussusception
  • esophageal Ca () + small bowel Ca (QUESTIONABLE!!)
  • diffuse intestinal lymphoma (rare; except in Middle East)

© 2002, C.E. Kahn, Jr.
2002-04-18