Abstract
Severe hepatopathy and celiac disease (CD)
Highlights
Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune enteropathy linked to gluten intolerance, a disease with a genetic predisposition
Of a total of 248 cases of celiac disease observed in our department, 78 cases (31.5%) had chronic associated liver disease, including 05 cases of severe liver disease
The diagnosis of celiac disease was made before the appearance of chronic liver disease in patients with an average delay of 9.5 years, whereas only one patient had a chronic liver disease diagnosed years before the discovery of celiac disease
Summary
Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune enteropathy linked to gluten intolerance, a disease with a genetic predisposition. We report our experience on cases of severe cryptogenetic liver disease and celiac disease
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