Diagnostic Challenges of Celiac Disease
Introduction

June 2010
Welcome to Mayo Medical Laboratories' Hot Topics. These presentations provide short discussions of current topics and may be helpful to you in your practice.
Our speaker for this Clinical Insight program is Dr. Joseph Murray, a practicing gastroenterologist and Professor of Medicine and Immunology at Mayo Clinic, as well as Director of Mayo Clinic’s Celiac Disease Program. Dr. Murray will discuss several cases of celiac disease and the appropriate diagnostic testing for each situation. Thank you, Dr. Murray.
Introduction |
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- Case 1: Negative Serology for Celiac Disease
- Limitations of Serology
- Case 2: Symptomatic Malabsorption
- Biopsy First?
- Comparison of Serological Tests
- Comparison of Serological Tests
- Marsh Classification
- Autoimmune Enteropathy2
- Autoimmune Enteropathy2
- False-Positive Biopsies
- False-Positive Biopsies
- Minimal Disease: Uncertain Histology
- Lymphocytic Duodenosis4
- Patient Presenting on Gluten-free Diet
- What About Patients on Gluten-free Diet?
- Gluten Challenge Testing
- Celiac Disease and HLA Risk
- Genetic Tests-Big Limitation5
- References
- Questions?


