Clinical manifestations and gastrointestinal pathology in 40 patients with autoimmune enteropathy

Abstract Autoimmune enteropathy(AIE) is a rare condition that may affect pediatric and adult patients, frequently associated with primary immunodeficiencies. We performed a retrospective study on clinical and histological findings from 40 AIE patients. Histological presentation showed a prevalent celiac disease pattern (50%), followed by the mixed pattern(35%), independently of age, chronic active duodenitis (10%), and GVHD-like pattern (5%). Patients with primary immunodeficiencies(24/40) presented mainly with the celiac disease pattern (72.2% versus 22.2%; p