Lithophagia in a Child: Unraveling the Puzzle of Celiac Disease

Background: Celiac disease (CD) is known to present with a wide spectrum of gastrointestinal and non-gastrointestinal manifestations. Although pica may be associated with low iron stores in CD, lithophagia as an extreme form of pica, is rarely reported in CD. Clinical Description: A 9-year-old boy p...

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Main Authors: Koundinya Kalvala, Snehavardhan Pandey, Smita Vilasrao Kokitkar, Ashish Bavdekar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2025-01-01
Series:Indian Pediatrics Case Reports
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ipcares.ipcares_185_24
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