Celiac disease is the most known cause of villous atrophy. Villous atrophy can lead to serious nutritional deficiencies. Some medications and other conditions can also cause villous atrophy. Villous ...
Celiac disease is diagnosed by upper endoscopy with duodenal biopsy, not colonoscopy as recommended in Item 103-3. —Judith Conway, APRN, Cromwell, Conn. You are correct. Unfortunately, I inadvertently ...