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  • Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
  • Volume:13 Issue:1
  • Geriatric Celiac Disease: An Overlooked Diagnosis

Geriatric Celiac Disease: An Overlooked Diagnosis

Authors : Tolga DÜZENLİ, Alpaslan TANOĞLU, Taner AKYOL, Muammer KARA, Yusuf YAZGAN
Pages : 100-102
Doi:10.21763/tjfmpc.528056
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Publication Date : 2019-03-11
Article Type : Other Papers
Abstract :Celiac disease is a common immune-mediated enteropathy with a prevalence of 1% in general population. It is mostly identified in early adulthood, therefore the diagnosis of new-onset celiac disease in the geriatric population can be challenging. Herein we report a case of celiac disease in a 73 years old geriatric patient who was referred with haematinic deficiency and macrocytic anemia. This rare case will help to raise awareness of celiac disease in geriatric patients and diagnostic processes among family physicians. Also, we emphasize the importance of gastrointestinal tract evaluation for older patients presented with anemia.     Çölyak hastalığı %1 prevelansı ile yaygın görülen immün-aracılı bir enteropatidir. Genellikle çocukluk ve genç erişkinlik döneminde tanı aldığı için; daha nadir görülen yaşlı nüfusta Çölyak hastalığı tanısı gözden kaçabilmekte ve zorlukla konabilmektedir. 73 yaşında makroskopik hafif anemi ile başvuran ve Çölyak hastalığı tanısı konan geriatrik hastamızı sunuyoruz. Bu nadir vaka ile aile hekimliği pratiğinde karşılaşılabilecek geriatrik Çölyak hastalarına tanısal yaklaşımdaki farkındalığı arttırmayı ve anemi ile başvuran yaşlı hastalarda gastrointestinal değerlendirmenin önemini vurgulamayı hedefledik. 
Keywords : Celiac disease, anemia, geriatric

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