ZobGuyn
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I would encourage you to not give up on the dermatologist. From what you said, she sound open to the idea that the biopsies could be false-negatives. Also, she made a preliminary diagnosis by just looking at the rash. Seems to me like she knows a lot about celiac disease. Many physicians are not nearly as open to celiac disease as she seems to be. Disclaimer...
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Kristie, Sadly, the diagnosis of celiac disease is often confusing. I'm an ob/gyn, so I don't have formal training in this by any means. Though I have celiac disease so I try to stay up to date on things. I'm not aware of anything else that could cause elevated TTG antibodies. Your GI only took 1 duodenal biopsy, though did several colonic biopsies...
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SStar, I'm curious as to who ordered those labs? If they were ordering genotyping, they hopefully understood what the results would mean. I am an Ob/gyn, so I don't have as much experience in it as a GI doc, but I've read lots on it because I have atypical celiac disease(no bowel symptoms, just brain fog, irritability and dermatitis herpetiformis)...
