Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Celiac disease is a disease triggered by a protein called gluten. Celiac disease has intestinal and extraintestinal manifestations. Bronchiectasis is a permanent dilation of the bronchi that causes symptoms, such as cough producing a large amount of sputum, recurrent respiratory infections, and breathlessness. In addition, bronchiectasis can present in 60% of cases with chronic rhinosinusitis. CASE PRESENTATION: A 40-year-old Arab woman presented with a worsening old cough with an increased amount of sputum; the patient was diagnosed with Celiac disease 7 months prior. Investigations started with laboratory tests followed by a computed tomography scan for the head and chest, bronchoscopy, bronchoalveolar lavage, and spirometry; the final diagnosis was bronchiectasis with chronic rhinosinusitis. She was advised to commit to the gluten-free diet, in addition to the medications prescribed for her bronchiectasis and chronic rhinosinusitis. CONCLUSION: Celiac disease and bronchiectasis might share an immunologic disturbance that caused both entities, so Celiac disease should be kept in mind as an etiology for pulmonary diseases.
Source: Journal of Medical Case Reports
Author: Ali Ghassa
Institution: Damascus University
Language: English
Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,790
OpenAlex ID: W4401712396