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
Hauptverfasser: Majid, Zain, Somoro, Ghous Bux, Haque, Muhammad Manzoor Ul, Yaseen, Raja Taha, Khan, Shoaib Ahmed, Achakzai, Inamullah Khan, Khalid, Muhammad Ali, Luck, Nasir Hassan
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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.
ISSN:1937-8688
1937-8688
DOI:10.11604/pamj.2019.32.25.16345