POSTBULBAR DUODENAL ULCERATION AND STENOSIS ASSOCIATED WITH CELIAC-DISEASE

The case histories of five patients with celiac disease and postbulbar duodenal ulceration and stenosis are presented. Celiac disease was un expected in three of the five patients until endoscopic biopsy reveale d villous atrophy. Our findings suggest that duodenal ulceration and s tenosis may be a more common complication of celiac disease than previ ously thought and may precede the clinical diagnosis of celiac disease or occur when there are minimal symptoms and nonspecific radiographic findings for the disease.