Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, small intestinal dysfunction and protein intolerance. A chance occurrence or a connection?.

The coexistence of cystic fibrosis (CF) and coeliac disease (CD) is reported 
in eight children, the odds against this occurring in the same 
child being 1:2 million to 1:5.9 million. In Sweden, it would 
be around 1:3 million (incidence of CF 1:3000 and of CD 
1:1000). The coexistence of these two diseases is thought to be 
chance, although CF might predispose to the development of CD. In 
a 10-year period (with 33405 live births), we observed three children 
with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency and small intestine dysfunction. 