Nutritional remission without mucosal healing in type II refractory celiac disease: a case report
Om Kolthoum Sallem, Asma Sabbek, Nabil Ben Chaabène, Leila Safer · 2026
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Om Kolthoum Sallem and co-authors report a difficult celiac disease case from 2026 in a 56-year-old Tunisian woman. Her illness had become type two refractory celiac disease, a rare pre-cancerous form that no longer responds to a gluten-free diet. She arrived severely malnourished at thirty-four kilograms, wheelchair dependent, with up to twenty stools a day.
Scans found no lymphoma, but gut biopsies showed total villus flattening and a large share of abnormal immune cells. Feeding by vein, then by tube, plus a targeted steroid in open capsules, slowly restored her. By six months she had gained twenty-six kilograms and her blood protein had normalized, though biopsies still showed flat villi and the abnormal cells. Recovery and gut healing can part ways.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Om Kolthoum Sallem, Asma Sabbek, Nabil Ben Chaabène, Leila Safer |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |