HEMORRHAGIC DIATHESIS AS THE INITIAL CLIN ICAL MANIFESTATION IN CELIAC-DISEASE

Coeliac disease is the most frequent malabsortive syndrome in daily pr actice, However, its true prevalence is nor exactly known. The symptom s vary from patient to patient, ranging from the classic presentation with diarrhea, weight loss and fatigue to oligosymptomatic forms, bein g the latter more common in adults. We report two patients in which ur inary and skin spontaneous hemorrhage were the only symptom, and led t o the diagnosis. We insist on the importance of considering the diagno sis of coeliac disease in patients with this kind of clinical manifest ations. The early diagnosis will allow us to reduce both the morbidity and mortality in coeliac patients.