Table 1

Categories and prevalence of individual complications

CategoryPrevalence, %
Specific autoimmune diseases  
    Cytopenias  
        ITP 
        AHA 
        Neutropenias 
    Skin diseases  
        Vitiligo 
        Psoriasis 
    Gastrointestinal diseases  
        Pernicious anemia 
        Atrophic gastritis 
    Endocrine diseases  
        Hypothyroidism 
        Thyrotoxicosis 
        Diabetes 
Types of polyclonal lymphocytic infiltration  
    Enteropathy* 
    Granuloma 
    Unexplained hepatomegaly 
    Persistent lymphadenopathy 15 
    Splenomegaly 30 
    Lymphoid interstitial pneumonitis 
Malignancies 
    Lymphoid malignancies 
    Other malignancies 
No complications 26 
CategoryPrevalence, %
Specific autoimmune diseases  
    Cytopenias  
        ITP 
        AHA 
        Neutropenias 
    Skin diseases  
        Vitiligo 
        Psoriasis 
    Gastrointestinal diseases  
        Pernicious anemia 
        Atrophic gastritis 
    Endocrine diseases  
        Hypothyroidism 
        Thyrotoxicosis 
        Diabetes 
Types of polyclonal lymphocytic infiltration  
    Enteropathy* 
    Granuloma 
    Unexplained hepatomegaly 
    Persistent lymphadenopathy 15 
    Splenomegaly 30 
    Lymphoid interstitial pneumonitis 
Malignancies 
    Lymphoid malignancies 
    Other malignancies 
No complications 26 

Demonstration of the different types of autoimmune diseases, polyclonal lymphocytic infiltrative conditions, and malignancies in 334 patients, giving the prevalence of individual complications; any individual patient may have more than one complication.

*

Lymphocytic infiltration of small intestine that was not gluten-sensitive.

Biopsy-proven but regardless of site; excludes Crohn disease.

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