Psychosis and Silent Celiac Disease in a Down Syndrome Adolescent : A Case Report

الملخص EN

Celiac disease is an autoimmune systemic disorder.

It presents gastrointestinal and nongastrointestinal manifestations as well as associated conditions.

We report a 16-year-old Down syndrome girl who presented psychosis symptomatology, and she was diagnosed as having silent celiac disease.

Olanzapine treatment and gluten-free diet were satisfactory.

It is necessary to consider celiac disease in Down syndrome patients with psychiatric symptoms, mainly psychotic symptomatology.