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ArticleThe Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology2021

The Diagnostic Utility of Flow Cytometry in Celiac Disease Presented Isolated Iron Deficiency Anemia.

Rafet Mete, Mustafa Oran, Burcu Altındağ Avcı, Burhan Turgut

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Article in The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Rafet MeteDepartment of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Namık Kemal University, Tekirdag, Turkey.
Mustafa OranDepartment of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Namık Kemal University, Tekirdag, Turkey.
Burcu Altındağ AvcıDepartment of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Namık Kemal University, Tekirdag, Turkey.
Burhan TurgutDepartment of Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, Namık Kemal University, Tekirdag, Turkey.
Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University · TR

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Abstract

backgroundFlow cytometric analysis of intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes contributes to the diagnosis of celiac disease. Celiac disease may present with iron deficiency anemia alone which is considered as one of the forms of atypical celiac disease. In this study, we have aimed to investigate the diagnostic utility of flow cytometric analysis of intraepithelial lymphocytes in this atypical form.

methodsThree groups were formed: the patients with unexplained iron deficiency (group 1), the patients with celiac disease (group 2), and the patients who underwent gastroduodenoscopy for other reasons (group 0). Duodenal biopsy samples were used for flow cytometric analysis of intraepithelial lymphocytes. T cell receptor gammadelta intraepithelial lymphocytes and CD3-/CD103+ intraepithelial lymphocytes were determined with relevant monoclonal antibodies. Sensitivity-specificity calculation was performed to evaluate the usability of flow cytometric variables as diagnostic tests.

resultsGroup 1 had 22 patients, group 2 had 14 patients, and group 0 had 56 patients. In the comparison of the 3 groups, CD3+/ TCRγδ+ intraepithelial lymphocytes were found to be higher in celiac patients than other cases. CD3+/TCRγδ+ intraepithelial lymphocyte was evaluated for its usability as a diagnostic test. The cut-off value of CD3+/TCRγδ+ intraepithelial lymphocyte as 16.39% according to receiver operating characteristics curve analysis determined celiac disease in 14 of 22 patients in group 1 with 91.7% sensitivity and 80.4% specificity.

conclusionsAlthough celiac disease is diagnosed with serologic tests and histologic examination, successively, the increase in intestinal CD3+/TCRγδ+ intraepithelial lymphocytes may be used as a diagnostic test, and it may assist in revealing atypical forms of celiac disease.

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Celiac DiseaseFlow CytometryAnemia, Iron-DeficiencyHumansSensitivity and Specificity

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