Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease (Mar 2022)

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  • Francis Essien,
  • Charles Jacocks,
  • Matthew Carroll

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/20406223221078080
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13

Abstract

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Celiac disease (CD) is a multisystem disorder known to manifest in a multitude of ways to include diarrhea, anemia, and nutritional deficiencies. The malabsorptive state can present as certain classical conditions such as autoimmune gastritis and osteopenia/osteoporosis but scurvy is less recognized within the literature. In this case, we present a unique presentation of scurvy as a result of an undiagnosed CD.