[Adult celiac disease(gluten enteropathy]

Celiac sprue is a disease in which there is malabsorption of nutrients by that portion of the small intestine which is damaged, a characteristic though not specific lesion of the small intestinal mucosa and prompt clinical improvement following withdrawal of certain cereal grains from the diet. We present a 41 years old patient with a history of diarrhea, treated as enterocolitis for several years, in which the gluten-free diet brought a clinical improvement.