Celiac Crisis in an Adult Patient: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Abstract

We report a case of celiac crisis in a previously healthy 51-year-old female presenting with a month’s history of diarrhea, cachexia and an abnormal metabolic panel.The patient’s diarrhea resolved after initiation of a gluten free diet and she gained 4 kilograms during hospitalization. Celiac crisis is a very rare presentation of celiac disease in adults but nonetheless should be considered in patients with marked metabolic derangements in the setting of osmotic diarrhea.