RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Bronchiectasis in association with coeliac disease JF Thorax JO Thorax FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society SP 527 OP 529 DO 10.1136/thx.53.6.527 VO 53 IS 6 A1 Ravi Mahadeva A1 Christopher Flower A1 John Shneerson YR 1998 UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/53/6/527.abstract 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.