TY - JOUR T1 - Bronchiectasis in association with coeliac disease JF - Thorax JO - Thorax SP - 527 LP - 529 DO - 10.1136/thx.53.6.527 VL - 53 IS - 6 AU - Ravi Mahadeva AU - Christopher Flower AU - John Shneerson Y1 - 1998/06/01 UR - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/53/6/527.abstract N2 - 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. ER -