DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2023.v11i02.011

Pages: 140-143

Cealiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune disease, where autoantibodies (anti-transglutaminase (TG)2/anti- endomysial antibodies) attack mainly the intestinal tract. This disease is associated with several other autoimmune diseases. Ocular involvement in CD is often secondary to the intestinal malabsorption syndrome following the vitamin deficiency, so uveitis is rarely reported in the literature. We report the case of a 14-year-old girl, followed for coealiatic disease and type 1 diabetes, admitted for panuveitis of the left eye resistant to corticosteroid therapy, with a well response to a strict gluten-free diet. Uveitis secondary to coeliac disease is probably under-diagnosed, and some studies suggest the necessity to try a strict gluten-free diet in all idiopathic cortico-resistant uveitis.