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. 1979 Sep;24(9):684-8.
doi: 10.1007/BF01314465.

Malignancy in a 19-year experience of adult celiac disease

Malignancy in a 19-year experience of adult celiac disease

W S Selby et al. Dig Dis Sci. 1979 Sep.

Abstract

Malignancy has developed in 10 of 93 patients with celiac disease who attended this hospital from 1959 to 1978. Four patients developed lymphoma, 5 a squamous carcinoma of the esophagus, and 1 an adenocarcinoma of the ileum. Because the majority of patients were ingesting varying amounts of gluten at the time of their follow-up no conclusion can be drawn about the possible role of a gluten-free diet in the prevention of malignancy.

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