Research Article
Routine Duodenal Biopsies in the Absence of Endoscopic Markers of Celiac Disease Are Not Useful: An Observational Study
Table 3
Patients diagnosed with celiac disease.
| | Age |
Gender | Patients with celiac disease | Improvement with diet |
Marsh Score | | Ethnicity | Indication for endoscopy | Endoscopic appearance | Positive markers |
| | 47 | F | Hispanic/Latino | Anemia | Nodular | Ttg-IgA | Yes | 3b | | 77 | M | Caucasian | Anemia | Flattening | Ttg-IgA | No f/u to determine | 3a | | 37 | F | Hispanic/Latino | Anemia | Flattening and scalloping | Ttg-IgA, endomysial IgA | Yes | 3a | | 42 | M | Caucasian | Diarrhea, weight loss | Nodular, granular, flattening with white patchy exudate | Ttg-IgA, endomysial IgA | Yes | 3c | | 35 | F | Caucasian | Diarrhea, weight loss | Scalloping | Gliadin IgG | Yes | 3a | | 57 | M | Hispanic/Latino | Epigastric pain | Nodular, inflammation and erosion | Ttg-IgA | No f/u to determine | 3a | | 50 | M | Hispanic/Latino | Epigastric pain | Inflammation, erythema, scalloping | Ttg-IgA, endomysial IgA | Did not follow diet | 3b | | 53 | F | Hispanic/Latino | Bloating | Nodular, mosaic pattern | Gliadin IgG | Yes | 3b | | 44 | M | Caucasian | Diarrhea | Scalloping | Ttg-IgA, Gliadin IgA | Yes | 3b | | 64 | M | Caucasian | Anemia | Scalloping | Ttg-IgA, endomysial IgA, Gliadin IgA and IgG | Yes | 3c |
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