Open AccessLong term diarrhoea caused by simultaneous Crohn's disease and coeliac disease in the same patient
Author(s) -
Mojgan Asadi,
Fateme Malekzadeh,
Nader Roshan
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr.08.2009.2202
Subject(s) - medicine , coeliac disease , irritable bowel syndrome , crohn's disease , disease , gastroenterology , gastrointestinal disease , diarrhea , inflammatory bowel disease
Coeliac disease and Crohn's disease are among the most well known gastrointestinal disorders, with distinct pathogenic mechanisms. However, because of some overlapping features between these two conditions, there may be some inevitable misdiagnoses. In addition, diarrhoea and changes in bowel habit may lead the physician to misdiagnose more common disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome. There are a few cases reporting both coeliac and Crohn's disease in the same patient. Here we report a case of a 32-year-old woman suffering from long term diarrhoea who was eventually discovered to have coeliac disease and Crohn's disease simultaneously.