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| Year : 2016 | Volume
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| Issue : 6 | Page : 461-464 |
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Gluten-Free hepatomiracle in “celiac hepatitis”: A case highlighting the rare occurrence of nutrition-induced near total reversal of advanced steatohepatitis and cirrhosis
Kavita Gaur1, Puja Sakhuja1, Amarender S Puri2, Kaushik Majumdar1
1 Department of Pathology, GB Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (GIPMER), New Delhi, India
2 Department of Gastroenterology, GB Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (GIPMER), New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Puja Sakhuja
Department of Pathology, GB Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (GIPMER), New Delhi
India
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DOI: 10.4103/1319-3767.195554
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Regression of hepatic fibrosis is increasingly becoming a reality, both in clinical as well as experimental models. Reversal or near-total regression of marked liver steatohepatitis and fibrosis, however, remains a rare event. We report the case of a 20-year-old female presenting with diarrhea due to celiac disease and biopsy proven cirrhosis with portal hypertension who had a remarkable clinical improvement in response to a gluten free diet (GFD). A follow-up liver biopsy 9 months after the initiation of GFD revealed a remarkable regression of both fibrosis as well as steatosis. Villous atrophy, as seen in patients with celiac disease, could lead to a deprivation of trophic factors leading to liver injury and subsequent cirrhosis. A gluten-free dietary regimen can produce a reversal of fibrosis leading to the amelioration of symptoms associated even with advanced liver disease. |
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