Non alcoholic fatty liver disease in a young male with celiac disease
A young emaciated male, known case of celiac disease came with complaints of diarrhea along with 5kgs of weight loss in 3 months' time. He had severe electrolyte abnormalities along with low albumin, low calcium and a high phosphate with deranged liver function test. Ultrasound abdomen had show...
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Veröffentlicht in: | The Pan African medical journal 2019-01, Vol.32 (25), p.25 |
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Zusammenfassung: | A young emaciated male, known case of celiac disease came with complaints of diarrhea along with 5kgs of weight loss in 3 months' time. He had severe electrolyte abnormalities along with low albumin, low calcium and a high phosphate with deranged liver function test. Ultrasound abdomen had shown fatty liver. Nutrition consult was sought and he was found to have a BMI of 6.8kg/m
. He was started on nutrition support along with supportive therapy, which resulted in weight gain and improvement in his condition. |
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ISSN: | 1937-8688 1937-8688 |
DOI: | 10.11604/pamj.2019.32.25.16345 |