PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Ravi Mahadeva AU - Christopher Flower AU - John Shneerson TI - Bronchiectasis in association with coeliac disease AID - 10.1136/thx.53.6.527 DP - 1998 Jun 01 TA - Thorax PG - 527--529 VI - 53 IP - 6 4099 - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/53/6/527.short 4100 - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/53/6/527.full SO - Thorax1998 Jun 01; 53 AB - A 48 year old woman presented with a history of fatigue, regular sputum production, and wheeze. High resolution computed tomographic scanning of the thorax demonstrated widespread bronchiectasis. Coeliac disease was diagnosed on the basis of an iron deficiency anaemia, subtotal villous atrophy on small bowel biopsy, and raised anti-gliadin and anti-endomysial antibodies. The temporal relationship of her bronchiectasis and coeliac disease, and the subsequent stabilisation of her clinical symptoms and improvement in pulmonary physiology following treatment with inhaled corticosteroids, suggests a relationship between the two conditions which may be due to immunological mechanisms.