Hepatobiliary Disorders in Celiac Disease: An Update

摘要: This communication reviews recent literature and summarizes hepatobiliary abnormalities that may complicate the clinical course of celiac disease. A wide spectrum diseases has been described, including asymptomatic elevations liver enzyme levels, nonspecific hepatitis, nonalcoholic fatty disease, autoimmune cholestatic Moreover, in majority patients, levels will normalize on a gluten-free diet. In addition, disease be associated with rare hepatic complications, such as T-cell lymphoma. Because many patients do not have overt gastrointestinal symptoms, high index suspicion is required. Simple methods detecting serum antibody tests help early identification thus preventing serious complications disorder. The IgG DGP test IgA tTG used combination are an excellent screening for suspected cases