Date: September 22, 2022. 17:00 - 18:00 CEST
Registration Deadline: September 20
Speakers:
Ketil Stordal, NO // Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo; Ostfold Hospital Trust
Margreet Wessels, NL // Department of Pediatrics, Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem
This webinar is part of the 2022 Webinar Series of the ESPGHAN GI Committee.
Despcription
New ESPGAHN Coeliac Disease 2012 and 2020 diagnostic criteria have supposed a true revolution in the field, the ultimate aim of the proposed criteria being to easy the diagnosis and to avoid unwarranted biopsies while establishing a firm diagnosis.
However, coeliac disease diagnosis may be a real challenge in cases not completely fulfilling these ESPGHAN diagnostic criteria. In patients with low positive serology, mild histological lesions, not valid biopsy simples, or associated disease sometimes it may be difficult to confirm a diagnosis straightaway. Conversely delaying the diagnosis and thus the start of the gluten free diet conveys a real risk of clinical deterioration and/or development of co-morbidities specially autoimmune diseases, osteopenia etc… . On the other hand, overdiagnosis may result in unnecessary dietary restrictions and negative impact on quality of life of patients as well as their family.
This webinar will focus on 2 of these problematic cases and discuss in detail the diagnostic process and the final diagnosis.