Generalized edema with hypoproteinemia as initial presentation of celiac disease in a 3-year-old boy: case report

• DOI: 10.13112/pc.2015.27
• Publication Date: 2015-10-20T10:28:37Z
• Authors: Ivona Butorac Ahel; Mirna Šubat Dežul...; Goran Palčevski
• Keywords: Hypoproteinemia

Edema is defi ned as abnormal accumulation of fl uid in the interstitium. Differential diagnosis generalized edema very broad. Most often, renal and cardiac causes lead to edema. The potential gastrointestinal are liver failure protein losing enteropathy including celiac disease malnutrition. Generalized rarely an initial manifestat ion disease. Hereby, we present a case 3-year-old boy with disease, initially presented hypoproteinemia.